CFD Simulations for Advances of Solar Thermal Systems

Abdallah Bouabidi

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443274190
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Energy

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 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. Sections then progress 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 that delivers readers a valuable, easy-to-follow, practical reference.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. - Supplies steps for using CFD simulations of solar thermal systems, including geometry, mesh, and boundary conditions - Presents the numerical methods used to simulate solar thermal systems, including the radiation model, turbulence model, and energy equation - Introduces results offered by CFD for solar thermal system applications, including radiation distributions, temperature distributions, velocity distributions, and pressure distributions across a variety of solar thermal systems - Supports UN SDGs 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and 13 (Climate Action)

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword
• CHAPTER 1 Introduction to CFD (Computational fluid dynamics)
• CHAPTER 2 Introduction to solar thermal systems
• CHAPTER 3 CFD simulations in thermal engineering
• CHAPTER 4 CFD simulation of new FPC demonstrating different configurations of thermal performance improvement techniques followed by economic analysis
• CHAPTER 5 CFD simulation of solar water desalination
• CHAPTER 6 CFD simulation of the geometry effect on the performance of glazed solar collector
• CHAPTER 7 CFD and solar air collectors
• CHAPTER 8 CFD simulation of heat transfer in an indirect solar dryer under controlled ambient conditions
• CHAPTER 9 CFD simulation of thermal performance optimization of solar chimeny
• CHAPTER 10 CFD simulation of solar thermal collectors for industrial process heat applications
• CHAPTER 11 CFD and solar water collector
• CHAPTER 12 CFD simulation of the effect of a detached rib on the thermal performance of an unglazed solar air heater
• CHAPTER 13 CFD study of passive solar Trombe wall systems
• CHAPTER 14 CFD simulation of double slope solar still
• CHAPTER 15 CFD simulation of building ventilation using solar chimney
• CHAPTER 16 CFD simulation of solar air collector with phase change materials
• CHAPTER 17 CFD-based performance assessment of solar chimney power plants
• CHAPTER 18 CFD simulation of thermal performance enhancement of an integrated collector storage solar water heater ICSSWH
• CHAPTER 19 CFD simulation of a modified solar still system with enhanced productivity
• CHAPTER 20 CFD and solar building heating and ventilation
• CHAPTER 21 CFD and solar chimney power plant
• CHAPTER 22 CFD simulation of the arc radii effect for enhancing spiral solar air heater efficiency
• CHAPTER 23 CFD simulation of the radiation effects on the performance of a pyramid solar still
• CHAPTER 24 CFD simulations of solar dryer
• Index