Low temperature solar thermal based on solar concentrating systems

Solar energy to heat water, to warm buildings and to provide low temperature heat for industry an...

Innovations in heat storage for solar thermal systems

One challenge facing the widespread use of solar energy is reduced or curtailed energy production...

Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collectors

Photovoltaic thermal collectors, typically abbreviated as PVT collectors and also known as hybrid...

Innovations in solar thermal façades

Solar thermal façades are an emerging building-integrated solar thermal products, which al...

Use of phase change materials in solar thermal technologies

While simple solar water heaters use an insulated tank for storage, use of solar thermal systems ...

Solar thermal heat pumps

A solar-assisted heat pump is a machine that represents the integration of a heat pump and therma...

Innovations in solar thermal working fluids

Heat-transfer fluids carry heat through solar collectors and a heat exchanger to the heat storage...

Polymer collectors for solar thermal systems

The major advantages of using polymeric materials in solar thermal systems are economical aspects...

Minimizing thermal losses from solar collectors

For low and medium temperature solar thermal applications, solar thermal receivers absorb sunligh...

Advances in nanofluids to enhance the thermal performance of solar collectors

Nanofluid, an advanced type of fluid containing small quantities of nanoparticles (usually less t...

Sun tracking mechanisms and electronics for solar thermal systems

Solar Tracker is an electromechanical assembly used for tracking the movement of the Sun during t...

Solar-assisted dehumidification system

Solar-assisted dehumidification system uses a water-based solar collector incorporating storage, ...

Advanced material for solar thermal collectors

While there’s significant research being undertaken for advanced materials for high tempera...

Solar dryer integrated with PCM

Using phase change material (PCM) as an energy storage medium is one of the most efficient ways o...

Solar air collectors

Solar air collectors are solar thermal collectors that use solar radiation to actively deliver wa...

Low flow rate solar thermal systems

Low-flow solar heating systems employ flow rates that are significantly lower than those of conve...

Solar thermal based preheating

Low temperature solar thermal systems can be deployed in industrial processes that need higher te...

Remote monitoring and optimization of solar thermal systems

Most of the smaller and low temperature solar thermal systems do not include detailed measurement...

Simulation & optimization of solar thermal systems

The complexity of impacts of multiple components and processes on the economics of a complete sys...