Direct solar absorption has been considered often in the past as a possible configuration of solar thermal collectors for residential and small commercial applications. Of course, a direct absorption could improve the performance of solar collectors by skipping one step of the heat transfer mechanism of standard devices and by modifying the temperature distribution inside the collector. In fact, classical solar thermal collectors have a metal sheet as absorber, designed such that water has the minimum temperature in each transversal section, in order to collect as much as possible the solar thermal energy. On the other hand, in a direct configuration, the hottest part of the system is the operating fluid and this allows to have a more effic...
A promising new generation of solar thermal collector able to enhance the thermal efficiency is the ...
A numerical study of convective heat transfer in an annular pipe solar collector system ...
Carbon nanohorns and oxidised carbon nanohorns-based nanofluids were characterised by taking one st...
Direct solar absorption has been often considered in the past as a possible solution for solar therm...
Direct absorption solar collector (DASC) have recently attracted increasing interest in combination ...
The application of nanofluids has the potential to solve technical issues in many solar thermal engi...
Solar energy is the most promising source of renewable energy. However, the solar energy harvesting ...
Solar energy is the most promising source of renewable energy. However, the solar energy harvesting ...
Solar energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy with minimal environmental impact. D...
The global demand for energy is increasing and the detrimental consequences of rising greenhouse gas...
The application of nanofluids has the potential to solve technical key issues in many solar thermal ...
The present thesis evaluates the potential of solar nanofluids as direct absorption solar collectors...
peer-reviewedSolar-thermal collectors capture solar energy and convert it into heat energy. Several...
The global demand for energy is increasing and the detrimental consequences of rising greenhouse gas...
Harnessing energy from a sustainable source like the Sun may be one of the key solutions for the inc...
A promising new generation of solar thermal collector able to enhance the thermal efficiency is the ...
A numerical study of convective heat transfer in an annular pipe solar collector system ...
Carbon nanohorns and oxidised carbon nanohorns-based nanofluids were characterised by taking one st...
Direct solar absorption has been often considered in the past as a possible solution for solar therm...
Direct absorption solar collector (DASC) have recently attracted increasing interest in combination ...
The application of nanofluids has the potential to solve technical issues in many solar thermal engi...
Solar energy is the most promising source of renewable energy. However, the solar energy harvesting ...
Solar energy is the most promising source of renewable energy. However, the solar energy harvesting ...
Solar energy is one of the best sources of renewable energy with minimal environmental impact. D...
The global demand for energy is increasing and the detrimental consequences of rising greenhouse gas...
The application of nanofluids has the potential to solve technical key issues in many solar thermal ...
The present thesis evaluates the potential of solar nanofluids as direct absorption solar collectors...
peer-reviewedSolar-thermal collectors capture solar energy and convert it into heat energy. Several...
The global demand for energy is increasing and the detrimental consequences of rising greenhouse gas...
Harnessing energy from a sustainable source like the Sun may be one of the key solutions for the inc...
A promising new generation of solar thermal collector able to enhance the thermal efficiency is the ...
A numerical study of convective heat transfer in an annular pipe solar collector system ...
Carbon nanohorns and oxidised carbon nanohorns-based nanofluids were characterised by taking one st...