Aliakbar Akbarzadeh

TL;DR: The use of heat pipes can potentially reduce the thermal resistance and pressure losses in the system as well as temperature regulation of the TEGs and increased design flexibility as discussed by the authors, but heat pipes do have limitations such as maximum rates of heat transfer and temperature limits.

TL;DR: In this article, a unique profile for the reflecting surfaces has been developed such that the solar cells are evenly illuminated under any degree of concentration, and a prototype of an east-west trough solar concentrator using the profile developed for reflecting surface, and incorporating a thermosyphon cooling system for the photovoltaic cells, was manufactured and successfully tested.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel method of extracting heat from a solar pond is to draw the heat from the gradient layer, which is analyzed theoretically and results of an experimental investigation at Bundoora East, RMIT, are presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid optimization method involving GA (genetic algorithm) and SQP (sequential quadratic programming) is introduced in the optimization process of solar collector.

TL;DR: In this article, the design and test result of the combined system of thermosyphon and thermoelectric modules (TTMs) for the generation of electricity from low grade thermal sources like solar pond is discussed.