...-driven cooling, sensible and latent thermal energy storage (TES), and novel heat exchanger designs. Key topics include heat transfer enhancement strategies such as additive manufacturing, phase change materials (PCMs), and triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures for improving efficiency...

...Abdelrahman Lashin; Mohamed Sabry To maintain the concentrated photovoltaic systems (CPV) output, effective cooling is necessary. In contrast to costly and complicated active cooling methods, passive cooling is static, simple, and maintenance-free. Among passive techniques, Heat Pipes (HPs...

... of the PVT, preventing cooling by air, this despite the additional cooling by water which can not compensate the heating due to insulation. The good consistency during the three experiments is reassuring and the differences can be explained by the uncertainties, as discussed previously. Also, the temperature...

...Mohd Asjad Siddiqui This study offers a comprehensive assessment of the thermodynamic performance of a novel solar-based multigeneration system, which caters to the energy needs of a sustainable community by producing electricity, cooling, heating, and freshwater. The solar-based multigeneration...

...Mehrdad Khamooshi; Timothy Anderson; Roy Nates The layout of multiple natural draft dry cooling towers could have a significant influence on the performance of the cooling system in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants; however, this has never been quantified. Hence, this work used computational...

...Faisal Altwijri; S. A. Sherif; Abdulmajeed Alghamdi This article proposes an innovative approach to improve the performance of solar cooling systems by utilizing a cascaded absorption cooling (CAC) system. This article also examines the viability of coupling an NH 3 –H 2 O absorption system...

...Abdulmajeed Alghamdi; S. A. Sherif This paper presents an investigation of the performance indices employed in combined or multigeneration thermal systems. Specifically, the following thermal systems will be considered: (1) combined cooling and power (CCP) systems; (2) combined heating and power...

...Abdulmajeed Alghamdi; S. A. Sherif In this work, a novel solar double-effect absorption combined cooling and power (DECCP) system with an adjustable cooling-to-power ratio is proposed. This cogeneration system uses water–LiBr as the working fluid. The novel cycle upon which this system is based has...

... problems related to thermal cycling and performance degradation of the modules. In this paper, a novel cooling system for solar photovoltaics, using the underground as a heat sink, is proposed, theoretically described and experimentally validated. A prototype of the technology (including a single-axis sun...

... of ambient conditions on the thermal comfort and the building energy requirements for composite climatic zone in India. In order to address this problem, this study was conducted to evaluate and analyze the impacts of four different passive design strategies, i.e., insulation, cool roof, phase change...

...)-based cooling techniques have been proposed in several literature. However, most of the studies utilize organic PCMs whose low thermal conductivity confines their potential. Thus, in the proposed work, the rear side of the 20 Wp PV panel is coated with hydrated salt-based PCM and is integrated...

...Hassan Salem; Ehab Mina; Raouf Abdelmessih; Tarek Mekhail The cooling fluid is a key factor in cooling photovoltaic (PV) panels especially in the case of concentrated irradiance. Maintaining the panel at low temperature increases its efficiency. This article investigates the usage of water-Al 2 O 3...

...% is the exergy loss, and 82.15% is the exergy destroyed. Table 2 Equations of energy balance for the components of cooling-power-heating trigeneration Component Balance equations HRVG m ˙ o i l ( h 1 − h 2 ) = m ˙ K ( h 5 − h 7 ) Heat...

... is defined by two mathematical parameters. First, the asymptotic temperature difference, which is a ratio of solar and internal heat gains to envelope losses and ventilation cooling, also incorporates control functions for solar heating and ventilation cooling. Second, the building time constant is the ratio...

... solar collector cooling heat transfer photovoltaics/thermal system solar energy References [1] Guarracino , I. , Freeman , J. , Ramos , A. , Kalogirou , S. A. , Ekins-Daukes , N. J. , and Markides , C. N. , 2019 , “ Systematic Testing of Hybrid PV-Thermal (PVT...

... buildings. The use of a photovoltaic air conditioning unit (PVACU) represents an attractive application to this demand for reasons such as environmental concerns and the match between diurnal cooling load and solar resource. A PVACU consists of a photovoltaic generator (PVG) that supply an ACS through...

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... 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 onservation . 12 10 2019 05 03 2020 05 03 2020 11 03 2020 air-conditioning building clean energy conservation cooling...

... portable PV-powered refrigerator battery SOC estimation DC/DC converter control MPPT controller modeling clean energy cooling energy photovoltaics renewable simulation solar storage Vaccination is one of the most successful accomplishments in medicine that has contributed to prevent...

.... The maximum electrical efficiency obtained for photovoltaic system was 2.5% higher than those without cooling systems and the COP of the heat pump system was determined to be 4.75 at its maximum. The maximum exergetic efficiency of the combined system was calculated to be 55.5% at 6 m/s of refrigerant...