To become competitive, ultimately, photovoltaics should have its costs reduced and use photovoltaic systems of greater efficiency. The main steps in this direction are the use of new materials, the improvement in the ...

In extremely hot and dry climates, like northwestern Mexico, solar gain reduction in houses using solar passive techniques is important for improving comfort inside the construction and to save costs in electrical cooling ...

This report presents a theoretical analysis of the solar energy scenario in Brazil, some categories of solar plates adopted on the solar system energy reception, as well as their the wiring diagrams and finally, the ...

The present study includes the use of clean energy for making a water heating system for a swimming pool, in Medianeira city, in the West region of Parana State. This system was made of PVC pipes because of the low cost ...

This work presents one software developed to process solar radiation data. This software can be used in meteorological and climatic stations, and also as a support for solar radiation measurements in researches of solar ...

This work presents one software developed to process solar radiation data. This software can be used in meteorological and climatic stations, and also as a support for solar radiation measurements in researches of solar ...

This study aims at the design, development and performance evaluation of a flat platform to capture incident solar radiation. The design and implementation of a fuzzy system for the efficient control of the solar tracking ...