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Review on Integration of Solar Air Heaters with Thermal Energy Storage

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Applications of Solar Energy

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Solar radiation on the earth’s surface is abundant and truly a zero-carbon energy source. The solar energy needs to be harnessed using various efficient equipments, which has a very low carbon footprint. Various solar thermal energy harvesting techniques have been used which employ solar radiation incident on the optimal area with the help of concentrators.

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Saini, P., Patil, D.V., Powar, S. (2018). Review on Integration of Solar Air Heaters with Thermal Energy Storage. In: Tyagi, H., Agarwal, A., Chakraborty, P., Powar, S. (eds) Applications of Solar Energy. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7206-2_9

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