Special Issue "Advances in Concentrating Solar Technology: Applications of Experimental, Numerical, CFD Simulation, and Machine/Deep Learning Techniques"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2022.
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational mechanics; renewable energies
Interests: energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of fossil fuels such as coal, peat, oil and natural gas in electricity and heat production is hugely detrimental to the environment in terms of greenhouse emissions resulting in global warming. In addition, such fuels will be depleted; hence, an alternative source of energy that is renewable and sustainable should be considered. Moreover, the restrictions introduced by developed and developing countries to promote the use of clean sources of energy has put much pressure on the energy sector to use renewable energy sources. One of the most abundant sources of energy is solar energy, which is one of the cleanest and most sustainable among the various renewable energy sources. There are different technologies for converting solar energy into electricity and power, and the primary challenge is efficiency. The first proposed option is photovoltaic, which is a direct conversion of solar energy to electricity; the second option is concentrating solar power (CSP), which is used at higher temperatures for electricity production using power plants with an operating working fluid. All CSP technologies (i.e., solar dish/Stirling, solar power tower, parabolic trough, and linear Fresnel) use a mirror configuration to concentrate the sunlight energy onto a receiver and convert it into heat. The heat can then be used to create steam to drive a steam turbine to produce electrical power or for industrial heating processes. The aim of this Special Issue is, as the title explains, advances in concentrating solar technology regarding the applications of experimental, numerical, CFD simulation, and artificial intelligence techniques, and the scope includes the following:
Technology development: Advances in working fluids, mirrors, technology design, cycle efficiency, and materials.
Energy Storage: The application of solar energy for electrical and thermal storage and solid storage.
Production: The application of solar energy for hydrogen production and freshwater production.
Network: The application of solar energy for electricity, and district heating and district cooling networks.
Dr. Mohammad Malekan
Dr. Ali Khosravi
Dr. Mamdouh E.H. Assad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar energy
- concentrating solar power (CSP)
- linear concentrating photovoltaic
- solar thermal energy
- artificial intelligence