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Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system (2017)
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Hu, M., Zhao, B., Li, J., Wang, Y., & Pei, G. (2017). Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system. Energy, 137, 419-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.03.075

A novel combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling (PV–PT–RC) system was proposed to achieve multifunctional and all-weather operation. The proposed system collects electricity and heat energy at daytime through PV and PT conversi... Read More about Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system.

Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid (2017)
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Li, J., Li, P., Gao, G., Pei, G., Su, Y., & Ji, J. (2017). Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid. Applied energy, 195, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.033

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Solar electricity generation system (SEGS) which employs cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and steam screw expander (SE) is promising due to the high efficiency at moderate heat source temperature. This paper puts a speci... Read More about Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid.

Modelling of organic Rankine cycle efficiency with respect to the equivalent hot side temperature (2016)
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Li, J., Alvi, J. Z., Pei, G., Su, Y., Li, P., Gao, G., & Ji, J. (2016). Modelling of organic Rankine cycle efficiency with respect to the equivalent hot side temperature. Energy, 115, 668-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.09.049

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd An indicator, namely equivalent hot side temperature (TEHST) is proposed for the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). TEHST is derived from ideal thermodynamic process, but can denote the efficiency of irreversible ORC. Study on 27 fluids... Read More about Modelling of organic Rankine cycle efficiency with respect to the equivalent hot side temperature.

Field test and preliminary analysis of a combined diurnal solar heating and nocturnal radiative cooling system (2016)
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Hu, M., Pei, G., Wang, Q., Li, J., Wang, Y., & Ji, J. (2016). Field test and preliminary analysis of a combined diurnal solar heating and nocturnal radiative cooling system. Applied energy, 179, 899-908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.066

© 2016 A type of composite surface was manufactured for trial to achieve integrated solar heating and radiative cooling functions. The spectral properties of the composite surface present a relatively clear selectivity in the spectra of solar heating... Read More about Field test and preliminary analysis of a combined diurnal solar heating and nocturnal radiative cooling system.

Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe (2016)
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Hu, M., Zheng, R., Pei, G., Wang, Y., Li, J., & Ji, J. (2016). Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe. Applied thermal engineering, 106, 651-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Two different heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems, namely, wickless heat pipe PV/T system and wire-meshed heat pipe PV/T system, were proposed. In this paper, the thermal performances of the two systems working on differ... Read More about Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe.

Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes (2016)
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Cao, J., Li, J., Zhao, P., Jiao, D., Li, P., Hu, M., & Pei, G. (2016). Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes. Applied thermal engineering, 100, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.044

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A controllable separate heat pipe (CSHP) combined with cool storage can be an efficient and low-cost solution to release the necessary cool power and to improve the precision in the temperature control of coo... Read More about Performance evaluation of controllable separate heat pipes.

Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens (2016)
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Xu, N., Ji, J., Sun, W., Huang, W., Li, J., & Jin, Z. (2016). Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens. Applied energy, 168, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.077

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Characteristics of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal (HCPV/T) module equipped with point-focus Fresnel lens have been investigated in this paper. Both electrical and thermal models of the module are developed by numerical... Read More about Numerical simulation and experimental validation of a high concentration photovoltaic/thermal module based on point-focus Fresnel lens.

A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas (2016)
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Li, P., Li, J., Pei, G., & Ji, J. (2016). A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas. Solar Energy, 127, 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.01.029

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. A cascade organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system utilizing solar energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for thermal power generation is proposed. Energy from solar collectors drives the evaporation of working fluid in the top cycle (... Read More about A cascade organic Rankine cycle power generation system using hybrid solar energy and liquefied natural gas.

Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system (2016)
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Li, J., Alvi, J. Z., Pei, G., Ji, J., Li, P., & Fu, H. (2016). Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system. Applied thermal engineering, 98, 786-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.146

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A novel solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system with direct vapor generation (DVG) is proposed. A heat storage unit is embedded in the ORC to guarantee the stability of power generation. Compared with conven... Read More about Effect of working fluids on the performance of a novel direct vapor generation solar organic Rankine cycle system.

Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander (2016)
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Li, J., Li, P., Pei, G., Alvi, J. Z., & Ji, J. (2016). Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander. Applied energy, 165, 627-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.087

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A novel solar electricity generation system (SEGS) using cascade cycle is proposed. The top and the bottom are steam Rankine cycle (SRC) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC). Particulary, screw expander (SE), which is characterized by... Read More about Analysis of a novel solar electricity generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and steam screw expander.