Using the heat pipes as heat transfer and heat exchange design elements allows creating new effective equipment generation for solar energy systems. Heat pipes are widely used both to improve the outdated equipment, increase its efficiency, reliability and lifetime and in the creation of new high-quality and economic technology ...
The heat pipe applications are also suitable for the concentrated heat flux solar applications owing to the need for a high heat transfer rate ( Singh, and Reddy, 2020 ). Thus, the heat pipes are beneficial to enhance heat absorption and heat transfer in low to high-temperature solar energy systems.
Evacuated HPSC is considered more suitable for regions with lower solar intensities. Hence, further studies are needed to optimize the shape and size of the heat pipe. Improvement in the thermal performance of the heat pipe increases the productivity of solar thermal and PV to improve power conversion. 8. Future scope
Thus, the heat pipe is an effective method to increase solar-thermal collectors' thermal energy production rate and increase the PV efficiency by heat pipe cooling. The hybrid technology improves the overall system efficiency.
External and Internal fins of heat pipes in the evaporation and condensation sections of heat pipes improve the phase change process of HTF. Thus, the heat pipe is an effective method to increase solar-thermal collectors' thermal energy production rate and increase the PV efficiency by heat pipe cooling.
A solar heat pipe collector performs well at high temperatures. Thermoelectricity could be utilized for power generation and provide cooling and heating. The combination of a solar heat pipe collector with thermoelectric modules could provide a very useful device for simultaneous power generation and hot water heating.
The heat loss resulted in solar thermal energy harvesting application, and the heat accumulation resulting in solar PV application can be minimized only with an effective heat-transferring system. Heat pipe, a passive heat transfer system, is well-becoming to address the aforementioned issues in the solar energy systems.
Using the heat pipes as heat transfer and heat exchange design elements allows creating new effective equipment generation for solar energy systems. Heat pipes are widely used both to improve the outdated equipment, increase its efficiency, reliability and lifetime and in the creation of new high-quality and economic technology ...
The major focus is on construction and thermal performances of solar collectors integrated with heat pipe used for water heating (domestic and Industrial purpose), air/space heating, water desalination and indirect solar cooking system. Through literature review the observations are, heat pipe designs commonly used in thermal applications are ...
Using the heat pipes as heat transfer and heat exchange design elements allows creating new effective equipment generation for solar energy systems. Heat pipes are …
In the present study, the TEG consists of a heat source, heat sink, and TEMs. Figure 2 shows the experimental system of a thermoelectric power generator assisted with heat pipes; it also shows thermocouple positions. In order to reduce thermal resistance connected from the heat source to heat sink, the heat absorbing evaporator section of the heat pipe was …
Zhang L, Wang W, Yu Z (2012) An experimental investigation of a natural circulation heat pipe system applied to a parabolic trough solar collector steam generation system. Sol Energy 86:911–919. Article Google Scholar Long H, Chow T-T, Ji J (2017) Building-integrated heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal system for use in Hong Kong. Sol Energy 155: ...
Using the heat pipes as heat transfer and heat exchange design elements allows creating new effective equipment generation for solar energy systems. Heat pipes are widely …
Heat pipe (HP) is a passive technique for conduction of heat from source to sink over a large distances. Being very efficient than pure metal conductor of which it is made, It has a broad...
This study provides deep insights into integrating heat pipes with various solar energy applications, ranging from solar thermal and solar desalination to solar PVT systems. The influence of multiple configurations and experimental …
Heat pipe (HP) is a passive technique for conduction of heat from source to sink over a large distances. Being very efficient than pure metal conductor of which it is made, It has a broad...
The rectangular micro heat pipe PVT power generation system developed by Li et al. exhibits outstanding performance, especially those with higher theoretical Reynolds numbers. After deducting the power consumption of the circulating pump, the average electrical efficiency of the power generation system reaches 12.4 %.
Using the heat pipes as heat transfer and heat exchange design elements allows creating new effective equipment generation for solar energy systems. Heat pipes are widely used...
Solar thermal-electric power systems collect and concentrate sunlight to produce the high temperatures needed to generate electricity. All solar thermal power systems have solar energy collectors with two main components: reflectors (mirrors) that capture and focus sunlight onto a receiver most types of systems, a heat-transfer fluid is heated and circulated …
Heat pipes are very effective and passive heat transfer devices. A solar heat pipe collector performs well at high temperatures. Thermoelectricity could be utilized for power...
This study provides deep insights into integrating heat pipes with various solar energy applications, ranging from solar thermal and solar desalination to solar PVT systems. …
Firstly, the structure and operational principles of the heat pipe PV/T module and system are introduced concisely. Then the features and performance of different types of heat pipe PV/T systems, i.e., integral heat pipe, loop heat pipe, and pulsating heat pipe PV/T system, are presented and analyzed.
Highly-efficient and environment-benign heat extraction and utilization technologies are key to large-scale geothermal energy deployment. In recent developments, the innovative super-long gravity heat pipe (SLGHP) geothermal power plant has revolutionized deep geothermal power generation by obviating the need of flash devices or heat exchangers in …
Effects of combined heat pipes and PCM (as thermal energy storage material), Effects of different HTF (heat transfer fluid) in indirect solar systems.
In this manuscript, the innovative design of a hybrid system is investigated for distilled water and hot water production using the heat pipe-equipped vacuum tube collector system assimilated with solar still (HTP-ETCS-SS). The proposed hybrid system is compared with traditional solar still (SS) in context of energy, exergy and financial analysis with two different …
Comparative study of simultaneously analyzing various solar power generation systems is conducted. The operation factors of solar radiation, ambient temperature, and condenser side temperature are investigated. Nanofluid-heat pipe considering the real flow situation is introduced as the heat dissipator.
The combination of a solar heat pipe collector with thermoelectric modules could provide a very useful device for simultaneous power generation and hot water heating. Such hybrid systems could offer small, mobile, transportable and off-grid power and heating systems for small-scale industry or domestic applications. This paper reviews some of ...
Heat pipes are very effective and passive heat transfer devices. A solar heat pipe collector performs well at high temperatures. Thermoelectricity could be utilized for power...
Concentrated solar power (also known as concentrating solar power or concentrating solar-thermal power) works in a similar way conceptually. CSP technology produces electricity by concentrating and harnessing solar thermal energy using mirrors. At a CSP installation, mirrors reflect the sun to a receiver that collects and stores the heat energy ...
The major focus is on construction and thermal performances of solar collectors integrated with heat pipe used for water heating (domestic and Industrial purpose), air/space …
A recent study concluded that thermoelectric generation system operating at high temperature gradient (152°C) could be more economical than a standard PV system with an upfront cost of USD 13,900 per kW as compared to USD 15,250 per kW for a PV system operating at same capacity factor as the TEG system in USA [79]. The TEG system becomes …
This paper investigates the solar evacuated tube heat pipe system (SETHP) coupled with a thermoelectric generator (TEG) using the internet of things (IoT). The TEGs convert heat energy into electricity through the Seebeck effect that finds application in the waste heat recovery process for the generation of power. The present work deals with the theoretical …
Comparative study of simultaneously analyzing various solar power generation systems is conducted. The operation factors of solar radiation, ambient temperature, and …
The flat heat pipe is a highly efficient passive cooling device with an excellent heat transfer coefficient across extended ranges and no parasitic energy consumption. A comparative analysis is performed in this work to investigate the various configurations (photovoltaic system, solar thermoelectric generator system, bifacial-photovoltaic-solar thermoelectric generator system, …
Firstly, the structure and operational principles of the heat pipe PV/T module and system are introduced concisely. Then the features and performance of different types of heat pipe PV/T systems, i.e., integral heat …
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