Latest Advances and Prospects of Solar Thermal Energy
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2022)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: reliability analysis; engineering; thermodynamics; applied thermodynamics; thermal engineering; power plants; hydrogen production; solar energy carbon capture; and storage energy engineering; gasification; energy conversion; energy utilization energy modelling; waste heat recovery; renewable energy technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The present need to fulfill the energy requirements of human beings as well as technology development is an important task for any nation. Highly populated countries are facing a lot of challenges regarding this issue and continuously working with the newly emerging areas of solar thermal energy to complete these needs. However, their dependency on coal-based power plants to fulfill energy needs results in environmental pollution. So, solar energy systems have the potential to overcome these challenges at an economical rate due to eco-friendly behavior. In Asia, due to the competitive environment and huge energy demand, solar energy systems may play an important role. Due to this reason their expansion is happening at a faster rate in Asia.
However, there are a number of advantages of the implementation of solar thermal energy systems but certain challenges are also there like solar energy system analysis under different conditions, the emergence of new materials in the system, and system expansion from an industrial point of view. In future, the entire world is promising for the reduction of carbon emissions, so the potential of the solar thermal systems may help to achieve this target. The implementation of solar thermal systems may reduce environmental pollution, be cost-effective and be affordable for any nation. This Special is focused on the implementation and challenges related to solar thermal energy systems and welcomes original research, communications, and review papers in this emerging area.
Dr. Ravinder Kumar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Solar energy systems Solar aided power plants Solar heating and cooling Renewable energy system Small-scale solar systems Material for solar energy systems Carbon emissions reduction Thermal energy systems Environmental Issues Energy-efficient buildings Solar panel Solar battery
