Browsing by Subject "Solar energy"
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Optimal design and operation of conventional, solar electric, and solar thermal district cooling systems
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2022 , Article)This research investigates the integration of solar energy with traditional cooling technologies using solar electric cooling systems. A holistic optimization process is introduced to enable the cost-effective design of ... -
An overview of water desalination systems integrated with renewable energy sources
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article Review)Nowadays, the growing world population, climate change, pollution, rising consumer demand, and resource exploitation have contributed to a freshwater shortage. Hence, water desalination is heavily used for freshwater ... -
Performance enhancement of self-cleaning hydrophobic nanocoated photovoltaic panels in a dusty environment
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)The efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) panels drops significantly in dusty environments. The variation in temperature could have a substantial impact on PV panel cells, which could further lead to high deterioration and ... -
Phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications in greenhouses: A review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Greenhouses represent one of the largest energy-demanding sectors, requiring energy for indoor environment control for plant growth and crop yield. Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) has been ... -
Power Generation Voting Prediction Model of Floating Photovoltaic System
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)Solar energy is the most promising renewable energy within the Gulf area as annual solar irradiance is among the highest in the world (>2000kWh/m2). Therefore, countries within the Gulf area have focused their energy ... -
Solar co-production of samarium and syngas via methanothermal reduction of samarium sesquioxide
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)This paper reports the thermodynamic analysis of the solar methanothermal reduction of Sm2O3 for the co-production of Sm and syngas in (a) Sm-Syngas open cycle, and (b) Sm-Syngas closed cycle. As per the chemical thermodynamic ... -
Sustained solar fuel production in multiple thermochemical cycles using sol-gel derived ferrite nanopowders
( TechConnect , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, the sol-gel synthesis of Mg-doped Niferrite i.e. Ni-Mg-ferrite was attempted by using propylene oxide (PO) as a proton scvanger. Effects of two important synthesis paramaters such as amount of PO added during ... -
Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline CoFe2O4-zirconia via propylene oxide aided sol-gel method
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)In this study, a Co ferrite/ZrO2 ceramic nanomixture, with a uniform distribution of Co ferrite and ZrO2, was synthesized by the propylene-oxide-assisted sol gel method. Cobalt, iron, and zirconium nitrate salts were used ... -
Thermal characterization of phase change materials based on linear low-density polyethylene, paraffin wax and expanded graphite
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Thermal characterization of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) based on linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), paraffin wax (W) and expanded graphite (EG) is reported in this paper. Investigated PCMs showed high potential for ... -
Thermal conductivity and latent heat thermal energy storage properties of LDPE/wax as a shape-stabilized composite phase change material
(2014 , Article)Phase change material (PCM) composites based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) with paraffin waxes were investigated in this study. The composites were prepared using a meltmixing method with a Brabender-Plastograph. The ... -
Thermocatalytic splitting of CO2 using sol-gel synthesized Co-ferrite redox materials
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this investigation, the redox reactivity of CoxFe3−xO4 materials was examined in multiple thermochemical CO2 splitting cycles. Sol-gel method was applied for the synthesis of CoxFe3−xO4 materials and the prepared gels ... -
Thermochemical conversion of H2O and CO2 into solar fuels via metal oxide based redox reaction
( AIChE , 2015 , Conference Paper)This paper reports the thermodynamic analysis of the production of solar syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO with molar ratio equal to 2: 1) via ZnO/Zn based thermochemical H2O and/or CO2 splitting redox reactions. Solar syngas ... -
Thermochemical copper Oxide - Copper sulfate water splitting cycle for solar hydrogen production
( TechConnect , 2016 , Conference Paper)In this paper, the solar thermochemical copper oxide - copper sulfate (CO-CS) water splitting cycle is thermodynamically investigated. CO-CS cycle consists of two steps: first step - exothermic oxidation of CuO via water ... -
Thermochemical splitting of CO2 using solution combustion synthesized LaMO3 (where, M = Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Al, Cr, Sr)
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The effort of this paper was to recognize the inclusion of appropriate dopants that will upgrade the redox reactivity of La-based perovskites. By maintaining the fuel (glycine) to metal nitrate ratio () = 1, the LaMO3 ... -
Thermochemical splitting of CO2 using solution combustion synthesized lanthanum-strontium-anganese perovskites
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Redox reactivity of La(1-x)SrxMnO3 (LSM) perovskites towards a solar thermochemical CO2 splitting (CS) cycle is investigated. The LSM perovskites are synthesized via a solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method using glycine ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of EMISE-Water as a working pair for absorption refrigeration system
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this paper, thermodynamic analysis of novel ionic liquid 1 Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulphate (EMISE) as absorbent and water as green refrigerant for absorption refrigeration system (ARS) is performed. Thermodynamics ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of Ni-ferrite based solar thermochemical H 2 O splitting cycle for H 2 production
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In this paper, a comprehensive thermodynamic analysis of Ni-ferrite based H 2 O splitting cycle is performed using HSC Chemistry 7.1 software and its thermodynamic database. The influence of partial pressure of O 2 (P O 2 ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of solar driven SnO2/SnO based thermochemical water splitting cycle
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)There are many studies related on the SnO2/SnO based solar thermochemical water splitting cycle, however there are still no studies addressing on the detailed thermodynamic analysis of this process using HSC Chemistry ... -
Thermodynamic efficiency analysis of zinc oxide based solar driven thermochemical H2O splitting cycle: Effect of partial pressure of O2, thermal reduction and H2O splitting temperatures
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)In this paper, the thermodynamic efficiency analysis of ZnO-based solar-driven thermochemical H2O splitting cycle is performed and compared with the SnO2-based H2O splitting cycle. The HSC Chemistry 7.1 software is used ... -
Thermodynamic exergy analysis of dysprosium oxide-based solar thermochemical water-splitting cycle
( Inderscience Publishers , 2017 , Article)The effect of water splitting temperature on the parameters required for the design of solar thermal reactor to conduct the dysprosium oxide based water splitting (Dy-WS) cycle was investigated by using the HSC Chemistry ...