Recent Advances in Solar Energy Collectors: Models and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been an important world program for development with the aim of the integration of renewable energies in the field of energy production, transport, agriculture, etc., in order to minimize the use of fossil resources, encourage the use of renewable energy sources, minimize the greenhouse effect and CO₂ emissions, and contribute to sustainable development. Moreover, extremely important research programs have been launched in the fields of renewable energy conversion, generation, development, distribution, application, design, storage, management, and environmental sustainability.

The aim of this Special Issue is to invite researchers (scholars, researchers, academicians) to publish your recent experimental and numerical research in the field of renewable energy technologies. Topics of interest for the Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

• Thermal solar energy
• Thermal solar power
• Energy conversion and efficiency
• Thermal energy storage
• Power converter technologies
• Solar air heating
• Solar collectors and concentrators
• Aerodynamics and hydrodynamics
• Fluid–solid interactions
• Heat transfer and thermal energy
• Heat exchanger design and other applications
• Modeling and characterization of solar energy material
• Nanofluid field in solar collectors
• Modelling and simulation of the photovoltaic cells and panels
• Methods, algorithms, and circuits for PV system
• New techniques for the characterization of large-area PV fields
• Concentrating photovoltaics
• Cooling techniques of PV modules
• Optimization and analysis tools and computational software
• Wind Energy
• Renewable energy exploitation and environment
• Hybrid renewable energy technologies
• Hydrogen and fuel cells
• Biomass conversion

Dr. Hijaz Ahmad
Guest Editor

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