...Rania Benbba; Mohamed Akhsassi; Hasnae El mouden; Ahmed Wifaya; Abdelkader Outzourhit Bifacial modules are highly valued in the global photovoltaic market since they are able to receive sunlight from both sides and can generate up to 10–30% additional energy compared to monofacial ones...

...Sofie Verstraete; Hamed Abedini; Assaad Alsahlani; Cedric Ophoff; Nesrin Ozalp The substantial energy provided by the sun is a promising substitute for traditional heat sources in various industrial applications. However, the transient nature of solar energy still poses a significant challenge...

...Adrian Alvarez Sanchez; Michael Pate A detailed research study was performed on the annual energy received by a fixed-tilt solar collector. A new clear-sky model of solar radiation was developed by combining existing clear-sky models. Then, this model, was used to perform optimizations with two...

... as an absorber having more exposed area to the sunlight with an ability to store 21 L of water inside it that serves as a sensible energy storage to mitigate the intermittency issues. At the stage of proof of concept, the effectiveness of the novel collector design is not known. Moreover, its performance...

...Abdulaziz M. Alotaibi; Taha K. Makhdoom; Awad B. S. Alquaity In Saudi Arabia, the residential electricity consumption approaches 50%, primarily driven by air conditioners (AC). This study explores the potential energy savings and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission reductions up to 2030 through three...

... for ocean exploration. Ocean thermal gradient is a permanent and reliable energy source that can be used to power UUVs using phase change material (PCM)-based thermal engines. When using PCM-based thermal engines to power UUVs, there are different energy conversion stages: thermal, hydraulic, kinetic...

...Elizabeth D. Juette; Van P. Carey; Jean-Pierre Fleurial Thermionic converters have potential as an energy conversion technology for high-temperature space and terrestrial applications using concentrated solar, nuclear reaction, and combustion processes as the heat source. Recent studies have...

.... The correlation for the Nusselt number and friction factor is formulated, agreeing with experimental data within ±12% and ±8% deviation, respectively. 1 Corresponding author. Email: 518me1007@nitrkl.ac.in Email: senapatijr@nitrkl.ac.in Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME...

..., thus increasing the frictional forces between the air and the surfaces it encounters. This friction causes energy losses and a pressure drop along the flow path in the horizontal channel. In this way, the increase in velocity through the horizontal channel generates additional dynamic effects...

... in is the energy inflow to the cell, q represents the internal heat generation, Q out represents the energy loss from the cell, and Δ U represents the change in the internal energy of the cell. 1 Corresponding author. Email: ozurumba.anthony@acefuels-futo.org Email: nvogueke@futo.edu.ng...

... , A. S. A. , and Hussein , M. , 2019 , “ Performance Evaluation of Combined Photovoltaic Thermal Water Cooling System for Hot Climate Regions ,” ASME J. Sol. Energy Eng. , 141 ( 4 ), p. 041010 . 10.1115/1.4042723 [7] Haque , M. A. , Miah , M. A. , Hossain , S. , and Rahman...

... coefficient is compared to that obtained for a traditional circular-shaped tube. Moreover, the energy balance model is adapted to simulate the thermal efficiency of the considered tubes as a function of the deviation angle with some assumptions. The obtained results prove that from a deviation angle value...

... , “ Photovoltaics: Environmental, Health and Safety Issues and Perspectives ,” Prog. Photovolt.: Res. Appl. , 8 ( 1 ), pp. 27 – 38 . 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200001/02)8:1<27::AID-PIP296>3.0.CO;2-8 [3] Pearce , J. , and Lau , A. , 2009 , “ Net Energy Analysis for Sustainable Energy...

... efficiency enhancement energy heat transfer heating 04 07 2023 15 09 2023 16 09 2023 13 10 2023 Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME for publication in the J ournal of S olar E nergy E ngineering : I ncluding W ind E nergy and B uilding E nergy C...

...Fei Lai; Dan Wu; Jinzhi Zhou; Yanping Yuan There has been an increasing interest in solar-driven combined energy supply systems for low-temperate applications, particularly those based on the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), Kalina Cycle (KC), or Trilateral Cycle (TLC). However, systems based...

..., this system is integrated with a cold thermal energy storage system. The procedure described here will be applied to a combined cooling and power system with a thermal energy storage capability for a large medical center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Through an exergoeconomic analysis of the integrated system...

... with an H 2 O–LiBr absorption system to simultaneously satisfy both a refrigeration load and an air-conditioning load. Results of this analysis shows that the CAC system uses 7.1% less thermal energy than the sum of the energies used by the ammonia absorption system and the LiBr absorption system...

...) k = thermal conductivity (W/m 2 K) p = position vector u = velocity (m/s) A = area (m 2 ) G = production of kinetic turbulent energy (N/m 2 s) I = incident insolation M = mass (kg) P = pressure (N/m 2 ) T = temperature (K) U...

... or multigeneration systems. Employing the subsystems forming any multigeneration system as a reference, the relative saving ratios of energy and exergy are calculated. These saving ratios are used as metrics for the goodness of multigeneration systems. We will also use them to calculate equivalent energetic...

...Gopal Nath Tiwari; Rohit Kumar Singh; Akhoury Sudhir Kumar Sinha; Amit Kumar Singh The opaque photovoltaic thermal (PVT) produces both thermal and electrical energy. In order to increase thermal energy, we have considered flexible (Al-based) photovoltaic (PV) module for the present study. Further...