Special issue: Recent advances of utilising technologies of solar energy

International Journal of Global Energy Issues 31(2) 2009

• Performance of a solar drier with and without heat storage material for copra drying
• Comparison of performance prediction of solar water heaters between Artificial Neural Networks and conventional correlations
• Development of optimum solar irradiation energy model for Iran
• Rural electrification by photovoltaic solar energy in Algeria
• Genetic Algorithm optimisation of stand-alone Photovoltaic energy systems
• A new type of solar concentrator employing a cone-cylinder combination
• Experimental investigation of the performance of the solar tunnel dryer for drying aonla pulp
• Night operation of solar chimney power system using solar ponds for heat storage
• Solar water cost and feasibility of solar water heating system