Will the air inlet after evaporative pad cooling be reduced if I add some ice or cold water in evaporative water tank?

11 December 2015 7,641 2 View

What are the parameters which affect the effectiveness of cooling tower?

In natural gas power plant, we have cooling tower 13 cells, 2 gas turbines, and 1 steam turbine (full load). I would like to know if we start 1 gas turbine and 1 steam turbine (half load), but the...

31 December 2014 2,644 17 View

Does anyone know how to assume a broken mirror for a parabolic trough solar collector system?

I have broken parabolic mirrors in the system, and I would like to know that how can I find the broken fraction for calculating thermal efficiency.

02 March 2014 855 2 View

Can anyone suggest me that why TRNSYS output is not equal to calculation value?

I tried to simulate counter flow heat exchanger by TRNSYS and excel calculation. Unfortunately, the value outputs (effectiveness, Tout, hotside, Tout, coldside of the two simulation are not equal...

02 March 2014 9,571 3 View

Can anyone suggest a flow meter to be used in my experimental test (parabolic trough solar collector)?

In my experiment, I'll use hot oil as the heat transfer fluid. Can I use a flow meter which is normally used with water? If I can use it, do I have to calibrate anything else?

31 December 2013 1,868 11 View

How can a parabolic trough solar collector be created in TRNSYS16?

I'm doing research on a parabolic trough and using TRNSYS as a simulation tool. However, in TRNSYS, it does not have parabolic component in any function. So, how can I join parabolic collector...

11 December 2013 8,294 3 View

How do I create .tmy2 file for TRNSYS?

I have meteorological data (.txt file) for my station but I don't know how to convert to .tmy2 file.

10 November 2013 764 15 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

How to size battery banks?

I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...

28 February 2021 1,638 3 View

How to design a boost converter for a mppt controller?

I have a doubt on how to select the inductor and capacitor value when I want to implement MPPT controller. This is because we always take a maximum output voltage and current but in this case, we...

28 February 2021 3,637 2 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View