Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi,Mahyar Ghazvini,Milad Sadeghzadeh,Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari,Ravinder Kumar,Abbas Naeimi,Tingzhen Ming +6 more
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This article is published in Energy Science & Engineering.The article was published on 2018-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 210 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar power & Photovoltaic system.read more
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Energy Applications of Magnetocaloric Materials
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a historical and up-to-date account of the energy-related applications of magnetocaloric materials and information about their processing and magnetic fields, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and other relevant characteristics.
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Concentrated photovoltaics as light harvesters: Outlook, recent progress, and challenges
Ali Ejaz,Hamza Babar,Hafiz Muhammad Ali,Furqan Jamil,Muhammad Mansoor Janjua,I. M. Rizwanul Fattah,Zafar Said,Changhe Li +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the outlook of work conducted worldwide on the different types of concentrated photovoltaics and the effect of various performance affecting parameters, challenges, and recent progress.
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Smart modeling by using artificial intelligent techniques on thermal performance of flat‐plate solar collector using nanofluid
Milad Sadeghzadeh,Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi,Mostafa Kahani,Hossein Sakhaeinia,Hossein Chaji,Lingen Chen +5 more
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Utilization of hybrid nanofluids in solar energy applications: A review
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi,Mahyar Ghazvini,Milad Sadeghzadeh,Mohammad Alhuyi Nazari,Mohammad Ghalandari +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, an overview of solar energy systems is represented, and afterwards, applications of hybrid nanofluids in various solar technologies, especially solar thermal, are reviewed in order to gain a deeper insight into the advantages of using nanofluidic systems.
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A review on the approaches applied for cooling fuel cells
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review is carried out on the cooling approaches mentioned above and their advantages and disadvantages, and the results show that the configuration of cooling system noticeably influence their performance, and using some ideas such as applying nanofluids, as the fluids with enhanced thermal properties, can be useful for heat transfer enhancement.
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