Solar Thermal Energy Systems and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 631
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building performance analysis; building energy simulation; passive solar systems; solar energy; photovoltaic systems management
Interests: applied thermodynamics; heat transfer; energy systems; renewable energy; geothermal energy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Renewable energy systems (RES) can be used for supplying both process heat and electricity in the civil and industrial sectors. Since heat currently accounts for about 50% of the final energy demand in a lot of industrialized countries, a significant contribution from renewable energy in heating sector is still expected.
For this reason, the diffuse development of solar thermal systems appears to be particularly important for a further substantial increase of the share of use of renewable energies, and relevant contributions are expected both in the civil and industrial sector.
While some medium to low temperature application and production of electricity with photovoltaic power plants have been widely developed and analyzed, relevant contributions on the systematic use of passive solar systems and strategies are still missing both in the civil and residential sector and in the field of process heat production for industrial applications. In a low to zero energy building prospective, passive and active solar systems are essential assets to minimize building demand and provide the needed renewable energy, respectively.
In this framework, this Special Issue aims at collecting contributions focusing on recent application of solar systems for direct thermal uses. The specific element of interest is to collect data coming from real application of solar thermal energy both for civil and residential sectors. Interesting opportunities for the integration of solar thermal systems in industrial processes can be identified in a series of fields, for which the use of water or air at a temperature range of 50–100 °C is required.
The main objectives are:
• To describe the actual scenario of solar thermal energy and direct thermal uses;
• To specify the barriers that limit the concrete possibility to extend the use of solar energy systems;
• To suggest possible measures, tools, and policies to promote further diffusion of solar energy.
The studies are expected to underline the relation between the technical and scientific context and the local condition, supported by case studies, and to highlight the potentiality to extend the uses of solar energy systems both in the civil and industrial sectors.
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Franco
Dr. Giacomo Cillari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar energy
- low to medium temperature application, passive solar
- solar thermal
- solar water heating systems
- industrial applications
- passive building
- solar-driven building systems
- building energy saving
