... testing Science and Engineering Research Board 10.13039/501100001843 EEQ/2018/001012 Conventional energy supplies are becoming scarcer day by day, and their usage has become one of the most major causes of pollution in the environment. It becomes a global problem, thus existing...

... transfer coefficients of NaCl-KCl-ZnCl 2 (molar fraction: 13.8–41.9–44.3%) inside tubes has been accomplished to find the most suitable heat transfer correlations. Experience of salt processing and operation of the high-temperature heat transfer test system was obtained. Two correlations, Dittus-Boelter...

... module PV system is first modeled and then validated through field-testing to determine the theoretical and experimental maximum power point (MPP) voltage and current output. The solar photovoltaic module model has an average percent difference of 12% compared to the field-testing results. The FESS...

...-generation concentrated solar power (CSP) systems. For the first time, some essential thermophysical properties of this eutectic chloride molten salt needed for basic heat transfer and energy storage analysis in the application of concentrating solar power systems have been experimentally tested and provided...

...% and 45.4% for the double-pass collector at 30, 50, and 70 mm bed heights and airflow rate of 0.043 kg/(s m 2 ), respectively. The thermohydraulic efficiency, temperature difference, and perforated cover surface temperature were analyzed at each test and their effects on the system performance were...

... agreement with those in the experiments. An experimental test of a volumetric ceramic receiver was conducted, and the results indicate the availability and applicability of the high-flux solar simulator when carrying out studies about solar receivers. Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME...

... heating mass transfer materials measurement radiation renewable solar solar cooker solar receiver sustainability testing thermal power thermodynamics Energy is the basic essential to satisfy the requirements of modern societies and to sustain the fast economic and industrial growth...

... 2019 26 09 2019 10 10 2019 canopy model complex terrain computational fluid dynamics (CFD) forested terrain k–ε turbulence model Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations wind modeling efficiency energy fluid flow measurement renewable simulation testing wind wind...

... that energy saving potential of the light pipe could be quantified. This paper deals with experimental validation of three existing semi-empirical models for light pipes with different aspect ratios, installed on a windowless test room, at IIT Delhi, New Delhi. Two new semi-empirical models based...

... Environment Heat transfer Heating Renewable Simulation Solar Storage Sustainability System Testing Thermal power Thermodynamics In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change, the implementation of noncarbon based energy systems is essential. In Canada, for example...

... ONSERVATION . Manuscript received January 1, 2018; final manuscript received February 23, 2018; published online April 13, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Marc Röger. 01 01 2018 23 02 2018 Optics Simulation Solar Solar reactor Testing Solar simulators are used in the research...

... inner tube is wound by a spiral structure is proposed in to achieve a more cost-effective solar trough concentrating system for solar desalination. The sealing stress between inner and outer tube is analyzed and the thermal performance is tested. The results showed that the evacuated tube could...

... Solar System Testing Three grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays were constructed on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, MD, with construction finishing around July 2012. This location is 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Washington, DC in a mixed...

... Testing Wind Wind turbine 28 10 2016 14 08 2017 Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF S OLAR E NERGY E NGINEERING : I NCLUDING W IND E NERGY AND B UILDING E NERGY C ONSERVATION . Manuscript received October 28, 2016; final...

...A. Hunter Fanney; William Healy; Vance Payne; Joshua Kneifel; Lisa Ng; Brian Dougherty; Tania Ullah; Farhad Omar The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) was designed to be approximately 60% more energy efficient than homes meeting the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code...

...Ali Elmaihy; Ahmed El Weteedy Extensive solar field performance testing is often required as part of the plant commissioning process in order to ensure that actual solar field performance satisfies both technical specifications and performance guarantees between the involved parties. In this study...

.... [29] Fleming , P. , Scholbrock , A. , Jehu , A. , Davoust , S. , Osler , E. , Wright , A. , and Clifton , A. , 2014 , “ Field-Test Results Using a Nacelle-Mounted Lidar for Improving Wind Turbine Power Capture by Reducing Yaw Misalignment ,” J. Phys. Conf. Ser. , 524...

... NERGY AND B UILDING E NERGY C ONSERVATION . Manuscript received February 13, 2017; final manuscript received May 18, 2017; published online July 18, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Marc Röger. 13 02 2017 18 05 2017 Chemistry Energy Heat transfer Solar Testing The transition from...

... and the integrated transmittance in the visible range, i.e., 400–800 nm for a float glass of 2 mm thickness aged under damp heat (DH). The optical characterizations of the soda-lime glass exposed to the DH test highlight the relevance of apparent emissivity used like a nondestructive aging indicator. The sensitivity...

...Antoine Boubault; Julius Yellowhair; Clifford K. Ho A 7.2 kW (electric input) solar simulator was designed in order to perform accelerated testing on absorber materials for concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. computer-aided design (cad) software integrating a ray-tracing tool was used...