Production of clean energy is a global goal. Several clean energy sources are available, including geothermal, wind, hydropower, and solar energy. The challenge is to develop efficient methods and processes for beneficial, rapidly scaled, safe and economically viable exploitation of these resources. Solar energy represents one of the most important renewable sources of clean energy. Solar energy is exploited using various methods - solar thermal systems convert solar energy to thermal energy via solar collectors, solar air heaters, solar chimney power plants, solar dishes, solar cookers, and solar parabolic concentrators. They are used for numerous applications; currently, for building heating and ventilation, cooking, water desalination and electricity production. CFD Simulations of Advances of Solar Thermal Systems offers readers the tools needed to optimize the performance of solar thermal systems with low costs through CFD applications and simulations. This book also aims to advance the enhancement and affordability of solar thermal systems via CFD applications. Each chapter contains overviews paired with relevant illustrations, diagrams, and calculations describing each system, then progresses into intersectionality and application of CFDs for each, including advances -- all woven into a volume that flows from chapter to chapter with a consistent structure -- delivering to readers a valuable, easy-to-follow, practical reference. Supplies steps of CFD simulations of solar thermal systems to include geometry, mesh, and boundary conditionsPresents numerical methods used to simulate solar thermal systems, including the radiation model, turbulence model and energy equationIntroduces results offered by CFD for solar thermal system applications - radiation distributions, temperature distributions, velocity distributions and pressure distributions - across a variety of solar thermal systems INDICE: 1. Introduction to Solar thermal systems - basics, benefits and challenges2. Introduction to CFD process, techniques and analysis - basics, benefits and challenges3. CFDs and Solar air collector4. CFDs and Solar water collector5. CFDs and Solar building heating and ventillation6. CFDs and Solar trombe wall7. CFDs and Solar chimney power plant8. CFDs and Solar desalination9. CFDs and Solar dryers, direct and indirect10. CFDs and Concentrating solar collectors11. CFDs and Solar collectors using nanofluids and turbulators
- ISBN: 978-0-443-27418-3
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2025
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés