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An analysis of a honeycomb-stabilized, saltless solar pond as a solar energy collector and long term (spanning seasons) storage system is presented. The solar pond is considered with a nonconvective zone made up of an oil layer and air honeycomb configuration. A heat flow model is developed...
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A mathematical model is formulated for solar optical and thermal processes in cellular arrays. Explicit computational results are presented on optimization of wall separation and aspect ratio of arrays with square and parallel slat cross sections. The arrays with wall spacings of 0.5–1.25 cm...
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An efficient algorithm to simulate the performance of solar photovoltaic arrays is developed. The algorithm uses the linear programming technique and minimizes the current across each junction of the array to the order of 10−5. It offers an explicit advantage of execution time for the...
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