<p>Solar trackers are support platforms that keep photovoltaic panels facing the sun by following from dusk to dawn. There exist active solar make use of motors and gears orientate towards sun; passive operate through differential heating fluid in tracking rack follow sun. Passive suffer lack a night return mechanism slow wake-up response mornings due limitations on surface inclination an...

An integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) is analyzed at "off-design" operating conditions. Using the principles of thermodynamics heat and mass transfer a computer code is developed in FORTRAN programming language to simulate the system’s hourly performance under steady state conditions. Three scenarios are considered for the study. In the first one, only the combined cycle (CC) is studied. In...

In early 1995, a DSM pilot initiative has been launched in the French islands of Guadeloupe and Reunion through a partnership between several public and private partners (the French Public Utility EDF, the University of Reunion Island, low cost housing companies, architects, energy consultants, etc...) to set up standards to improve thermal design of new residential buildings in tropical climat...

The optimum design of solar energy systems strongly depends on the accuracy of  solar radiation data. However, the availability of accurate solar radiation data is undermined by the high cost of measuring equipment or non-functional ones. This study developed a feed-forward backpropagation artificial neural network model for prediction of global solar radiation in Makurdi, Nigeria (7.7322  N lo...

Solar panels are the main component of solar power plant. In panels, conversion energy into electrical done. The results produced by depend on amount intensity received panels. addition, working temperature is also crucial. ideal panel 25 C, which means that will work optimally at condition. When rises, cell performance decrease. This study aims to design a cooling system with active and passiv...