A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications
Yuan Tian,Changying Zhao +1 more
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In this article, the authors provide a review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems, including both non-concentrating collectors and concentrating collectors, in terms of optical optimisation, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun-tracking mechanisms.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2013-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1370 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluids in solar collectors & Thermal energy storage.read more
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TL;DR: In this article, the integration of solar thermal collection with different anaerobic digestion operations to form solar-bioreactor systems was studied to realize biological storage of solar energy and solve the issues that solar energy generation encounters.
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Thermodynamic and Economic Assessment on the Supercritical Compressed Carbon Dioxide Energy Storage System coupled with Solar Thermal Storage
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Building-integrated solar thermal systems based on vacuum-tube technology: Critical factors focusing on life-cycle environmental profile
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