Solar Energy Systems and Applications
A special issue of Applied System Innovation (ISSN 2571-5577).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 19035
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Interests: solar thermal concentrating collectors; organic rankine cycle; energy in buildings; heat pumps; energy storage
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Dear Colleagues,
Solar irradiation is a promising renewable energy source to cover the energy needs of our society and substitute the conventional energy sources, which are responsible for numerous environmental issues. The high abundance of solar energy and its capability to be converted into heat or electricity directly by solar collectors render it a flexible and easily manageable energy source. Hence, solar energy draws interest in many applications for heating, cooling, electricity production, and industrial and chemical processes. In order to make solar energy systems feasible and viable, there is a need to design more efficient systems with lower investment costs. Numerous ideas have been investigated by the research community for improving thermal and optical performance collectors. Emphasis has been given to the use of nanofluids, turbulators, and the incorporation of intelligent concentrators in solar collectors. Regarding solar systems, growing research interest exists concerning storage issues and hybridization of solar energy with other renewable or conventional energy sources.
The objective of this Special Issue is to collect original research and review articles on the domain of solar energy systems and applications. These articles have to be detailed studies about novel systems that give promising results about the development and the establishment of solar energy as one of the major contributors to worldwide energy needs.
In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:
- Solar thermal collectors: (Flat plate collector, evacuated tube collector, compound parabolic collector, parabolic trough collector, linear Fresnel reflector, solar dish, solar tower and solar stills). Further, studies about thermal photovoltaic systems and direct absorption solar collectors are included;
- Thermal enhancement techniques in solar thermal collectors such as nanofluids and turbulators. Further, optical improvement techniques;
- Solar thermal applications for heating, cooling, refrigeration, power production, desalination, industrial needs, chemical processes, etc.;
- Solar driven cogeneration, trigeneration and polygeneration systems with an emphasis on applications for buildings or energy audits;
- Hybrid solar systems which combine solar energy with other energy sources, such as biomass, wind power, geothermal energy, natural gas, and fossil fuels;
- Storage of solar energy with advanced systems such as phase change materials (PCM) and chemical storage for concentrating solar systems;
- Studies about prediction models related to solar-driven energy systems, solar collectors, and solar weather data.
Dr. Evangelos Bellos
Guest Editor
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