Performance Evaluation, Optimization and Algorithmic Enhancements for Concentrated Solar Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 1261
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solar energy optics and technology; environmental engineering; simulation of environmental science and engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Concentrated Solar Technologies can be applied for power generation and industry, etc., to provide an excellent choice for renewable energy in the present and future. This Special Issue focus on “Performance Evaluation, Optimization and Algorithmic Enhancements for Concentrated Solar Technologies”. It welcomes new numerical methods and their application to new concentrated solar technologies, as well as related topics such as their application to the special local area and the validation of methodologies through experiments.
Papers selected for this Special Issue were subject to a rigorous peer-review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
Dr. Weidong Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- concentrated solar power
- renewable energy technologies
- solar energy applications
- performance optimization
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