Recently, significant efforts have been made to increase the relatively low energy transfer efficiency of conventional solar vapor processes by leveraging recent developments in nanotechnology [3,5,13,14].By immersing metallic [3,15], carbon [] or other nanoparticles [17,18] in the bulk water (Fig. 1c), a so-called optonanofluid [19,20] is …
Recently, significant efforts have been made to increase the relatively low energy transfer efficiency of conventional solar vapor processes by leveraging recent developments in nanotechnology [3,5,13,14] immersing metallic [3,15], carbon [] or other nanoparticles [17,18] in the bulk water (Fig. 1c), a so-called optonanofluid [19,20] is …
Solar-driven steam generation not only has a long history of application demand, but is also a new research topic due to the progress in nano-material science. Conventional solar-driven steam generation suffers …
The energy shortage and rapid growth in carbon dioxide emissions have aroused people''s attention to the current trends in energy consumption. Building energy consumption is an important part of the... Qingsong Ma a Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology (iSMART), iSMART, Qingdao University …
Phase change materials (PCMs) offer a promising solution to address the challenges posed by intermittency and fluctuations in solar thermal utilization. However, for organic solid–liquid PCMs, issues such as leakage, low thermal conductivity, lack of efficient solar-thermal media, and flammability have constrained their broad applications. …
Solar energy is widely acknowledged as a highly prospective solution for fulfilling the ever-increasing global energy demands. It offers two main avenues of utilization: thermal applications and electricity generation. While various technologies have been devised to ...
This work presents an erythritol-based phase change material as a new type of solar thermal fuels. The material can harvest, convert, and store solar energy as latent heat, which can be released as thermal energy on demand. The composite material is cost-effective, easy to synthesize, and has a superior solar thermal energy utilization …
Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of solar dryer ...
Solar energy-powered all-weather desalination systems are investigated. • The performance of photothermal-atmospheric water harvesting systems are studied. • Joule-heating-based desalination modules are improving the evaporation process. • The combined effect
Nanofluid-based spectral beam splitting (SBS) hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems are a promising and efficient way to achieve full-spectrum utilization of solar energy. It utilizes the spectrum above bandgap of PV cells for power generation and the other sunlight for thermal output, decoupling PV and PT while having high total …
In dense, energy-demanding urban areas, the effective utilization of solar energy resources, encompassing building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems and solar water heating (SWH) systems inside buildings, holds paramount importance for addressing concerns related to carbon emission reduction and the balance of energy …
In the calculation of biomass utilization potential, the crop yield data of each city come from the local statistical yearbook. The grain/straw ratio and the straw collection coefficient are taken from relevant literature (Zhang et al., 2018), and the standard coal coefficient is taken from the literature (Rongji and Xiuping, 2012), which are shown in …
Solar thermal conversion technology employing phase change composites is an available strategy for solar thermal energy utilization and storage. In this work, a novel metal-organic framework (MOF)-based phase change composites were successfully constructed through vacuum impregnation method.
we received and published over 50 high-quality articles. According to the topic and research highlights in each case, these were mainly divided into the following categories: heat pumps, power cycles, TEGs, thermal storage, solar thermal energy 2.1. ...
As one of the world''s economic centers, Shanghai is situated on China''s eastern coast and has a humid subtropical climate with significant change in seasonal solar radiation. The total city area is around 6,340 km 2 and its urban construction land area has exceeded 40%, with a total population of 24 million at the end of 2015. . With the vigorous …
In dense, energy-demanding urban areas, the effective utilization of solar energy resources, encompassing building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems and solar water heating (SWH) systems inside buildings, holds paramount importance for addressing concerns related to carbon emission reduction and the balance of energy …
Based on global distribution of solar energy and its feature, this paper discusses a review about solar energy''s utilization techniques, mainly discusses the …
For the intermittence and instability of solar energy, energy storage can be a good solution in many civil and industrial thermal scenarios. With the advantages of low cost, simple structure, and high efficiency, a single-tank thermal energy storage system is a competitive way of thermal energy storage (TES). In this study, a two-dimensional flow …
Fig. 2 (a) presents the baseline S2P process that converts captured CO 2 to methanol (MeOH) using solar thermal energy. The CO 2 captured from a flue gas is re-energized into CO by solar-to-chemical splitter (similarly, H 2 O is converted into H 2).The ...
Recent studies have shown that the use of diffusers can reduce shadowing losses in solar thermal utilization, ... (i-SAHP) systems was presented, which can be used for the design and evaluation of solar heat pump systems . These optimized integrations led to improved energy efficiency in the solar thermal system, resulting in a cost-effective ...