Special Issues

Solar and Thermal Energy Systems

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025 View: 166 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Lukas W Snyman

Email: snymalw@unisa.ac.za

Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, College for Science Engineering and Technology, South Africa

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Research Interests: Optoelectronics; Thermal Physics; Renewable Energies


Prof. Dr. Xolile Fuku

Email: fukuxg@unisa.ac.za

Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research, South Africa

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Research Interests: water-energy nexus; green chemistry; electrochemical technologies for energy conversion and storage; electrochemical sensors; catalysis; nanotechnology


Dr. Moshawe Madito

Email: maditmj@unisa.ac.za

Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research, South Africa

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Research Interests: applied electrochemistry (advanced electrochemical capacitors for energy management); graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites; nuclear materials and solid state interactions; experimental solid state physics (materials science and technologies)


Summary

Thermal energy is one of the most abundant forms of energy on planet Earth. Various macro- and micro-climates have been established. Our lives on Earth are affected by some or other variety of climate change, as well as by human carbon footprints.


Researchers are invited to contribute in one or more of the following areas:

· Macro- and micro-climate effects and changes;

· Availability of thermal energy on earth;

· Collection of thermal energy;

· Storage of thermal energy;

· Conversion to other forms;

· Conversion to electricity;

· Micro- and nano-technology effects;

· Elimination of thermal energy.


Keywords

thermal energy, optoelectronics, solid-state electronics, solid-state devices, physics

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Low-Carbon Economic Dispatch Strategy for Integrated Energy Systems under Uncertainty Counting CCS-P2G and Concentrating Solar Power Stations

    Zhihui Feng, Jun Zhang, Jun Lu, Zhongdan Zhang, Wangwang Bai, Long Ma, Haonan Lu, Jie Lin
    Energy Engineering, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.060795
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Solar and Thermal Energy Systems)
    Abstract In the background of the low-carbon transformation of the energy structure, the problem of operational uncertainty caused by the high proportion of renewable energy sources and diverse loads in the integrated energy systems (IES) is becoming increasingly obvious. In this case, to promote the low-carbon operation of IES and renewable energy consumption, and to improve the IES anti-interference ability, this paper proposes an IES scheduling strategy that considers CCS-P2G and concentrating solar power (CSP) station. Firstly, CSP station, gas hydrogen doping mode and variable hydrogen doping ratio mode are applied to IES, and combined with… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Identifying Suitable Sites for CSP Plants Using AHP, Fuzzy AHP, and Full Consistency Method: A Case Study of CHAD

    Bernard Bayangbe, Ababacar Thiam, El hadji I. Cissé, Kory Faye
    Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 943-969, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.060273
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Solar and Thermal Energy Systems)
    Abstract Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is one of the most promising solar technologies for sustainable power generation in countries with high solar potential, like Chad. Identifying suitable sites is of great importance for deploying solar power plants. This work focuses on the identification of potential sites for the installation of solar power plants in Chad as well as a comparative analysis using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP), and Full Consistency Method (FUCOM). The results show that 35% of the Chadian territory, i.e., an area of 449,400 km2, is compatible with the implementation… More >

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