Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies: Recent Trends and Applications

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Innovative Uses of Solar Thermal Technology  (Rajiv Shekhar)....Pages 3-9
 Comparison of Thermal Characteristics of Sensible and Latent Heat Storage Materials Encapsulated in Different Capsule Configurations  (Muthukumar Palanisamy, Hakeem Niyas)....Pages 11-20
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 Development of Dual-Axis Tracking Control System for Scheffler Dish Concentrator  (A. Gokul Raj, Arun Bollavarapu, Mukul Dubey)....Pages 23-29
 Comments on Quality Control of Solar Radiation Data Measured at a Ground Station in Hot and Dry Zone  (D. Kumar, B. Ravindra)....Pages 31-40
 Design of Field Layout for Central Receiver System to Generate 100–150 kW Solar Thermal Power  (Pedamallu V. V. N. S. P. Raju, V. Narayanan)....Pages 41-54
 Design and Investigation of Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator  (Deepika Tamta, R. P. Saini)....Pages 55-65
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 Study on Design of Cavity Receiver of Concentrating Solar Power Plants—A Review  (Aditi Garg, R. P. Saini)....Pages 69-77
 Experimental Investigation of Solar Steam Generator Based on Evacuated Tube for Heating and Humidification  (Sajith Lawrance, Anunaya Saraswat, Avadhesh Yadav)....Pages 79-87
 Selective Design of an Experiment for Evaluating Air–Water Hybrid Steam Condenser for Concentrated Solar Power  (Sumer Dirbude, Nashith Khalifa, Laltu Chandra)....Pages 89-102
 Experimental and Computational Investigation of Heat Transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Application  (P. Sharma, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar, P. S. Ghoshdastidar)....Pages 103-114
 Experimental Performance Evaluation of a Parabolic Solar Dish Collector with Nanofluid  (Jayesh Novel Pakhare, Harikesh Pandey, Mari Selvam, C. P. Jawahar)....Pages 115-123
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 Macro-study on Hard Anodised Aluminium Oxide (HAAO) Coated Solar Receivers  (Ashutosh Arora, Chandra Mohan Arora, Pulak Mohan Pandey, Ashok Kumar Dargar, Suparna Mukhopadhyay, Tapan Kumar Ray)....Pages 127-135
 Effect of Growth Condition on Mechanical Properties of Zirconium Carbonitride Absorber-Based Spectrally Selective Coatings  (B. Usmani, V. Vijay, R. Chhibber, Ambesh Dixit)....Pages 137-143
 Transition Metal-Based Spectrally Selective Coatings Using In-House Developed Spray System  (Ajoy K. Saha, Laltu Chandra, Ambesh Dixit)....Pages 145-155
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 Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Myristic Acid Using Exfoliated Graphite for Thermal Energy Storage Applications  (Rohitash Kumar, Rakshanda Jakhoria, Ambesh Dixit)....Pages 159-167
 Performance Investigation of Lab-Scale Sensible Heat Storage System  (Chilaka Ravi Chandra Rao, Hakeem Niyas, Likhendra Prasad, Muthukumar Palanisamy)....Pages 169-186
 Development of Phase Change Material-Based Temperature Regulation Facility Inside Protected Agriculture Structure  (Priyabrata Santra, P. C. Pande, A. K. Singh, Surendra Poonia, D. Mishra)....Pages 187-195
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 Optimum Composition of Alternative Refrigerant Mixture for Direct Expansion Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using ANN and GA  (K. Vinoth Kumar, Lokesh Paradeshi, M. Srinivas, S. Jayaraj)....Pages 199-209
 Performance Evaluation of Solar–Biogas Hybrid Cold Storage System for Transient Storage of Horticultural Produce  (Sampath Kumar Gundu, Asimkumar Joshi, Gokul Raj, Samir Vahora, Mukul Dubey, M. Shyam)....Pages 211-216
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 Design, Development and Performance Evolution of a Low-Cost Solar Dryer  (Surendra Poonia, A. K. Singh, Priyabrata Santra, D. Mishra)....Pages 219-223
 Performance Evaluation of Double Effect Solar Still  (Chinmay Dave, Subarna Maiti, Bhupendra Kumar Markam, Pankaj Patel, Jatin Patel)....Pages 225-233
 Transient Heat Transfer Analysis in Insulated Pipe with Constant and Time-Dependent Heat Flux for Solar Convective Furnace  (Manish Sachdeva, Laltu Chandra)....Pages 235-249
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 Impact of Different Solar Radiation Databases on Techno-economics of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Projects in Northwestern India  (Ishan Purohit, Saurabh Motiwala, Amit Kumar)....Pages 253-263
 Envisioning Post Domain of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme-Fault Current Limiters  (Jagdish Prasad Sharma, Vibhor Chauhan)....Pages 265-273
Back Matter ....Pages 275-276