Evolutionary Methods Based Modeling and Analysis of Solar Thermal Systems (eBook)

This book presents insights into the thermal performance of solar thermal collectors using both computational and experimental modeling. It consists of various computational and experimental case studies conducted by the authors on the solar thermal collector system. The authors begin by developing thermal modeling using a case study that shows the effect of different governing parameters. A few more experimental cases studies follow that highlight the energy, exergy, and environmental performance of the solar thermal collector system and to examine the performance of a modified solar collector system, illustrating performance improvement techniques.

Dr. Biplab Das presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India. Dr. Das completed his Ph.D. from NERIST, Itanagar, India, in the year of 2014. Later, he pursued his Post-Doctoral research from the University of Idaho, USA. He is the recipient of the prestigious Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship from IUSSTF and DST, Govt. of India. He is also awarded a 'DBT Associateship' by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. He has 15 years of experience in teaching/research and published more than 120 nos. of referred International/National Journal/conference journal papers. Presently Dr. Das has been involved in 10 nos. of sponsored projects as PI/Co-PI, funded by SERB, DST, Ministry of Power, and the Ministry of Climate Change, Govt. of India. He has guided 09 nos. of Ph.D. and at present 06  Ph.D. scholars are working with him. Dr. Das serves as an editor of 3 nos. of books/proceedings.

Dr. Jagadish is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.