Contents

Applied Solar Energy

Vol. 54, No. 1, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Applied Solar Energy ISSN 0003-701X.

Direct Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity

Questions of Simplifying the Methods of Testing Photoconverters Based on Cu(In,Ga)Se2. Part 1: A Basis for Mathematical Modeling of the Current–Voltage Characteristics

A. Komilov p. 1  abstract

Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic Thermal System Using Silicone Oil Spectrum Filter

Sandeep S. Joshi, Ashwinkumar S. Dhoble, Tushar Sathe and Chidanand Mangrulkar p. 4  abstract

Solar Power Plants and Their Application

Determination of the Convective Heat-Exchange Coefficient in Inner Channels of Light-Absorbing Heat-Exchange Panels of Flat-Plate Solar Water-Heating Collectors Based on the Results of Their Short-Term Thermal Testing in Full-Scale Conditions

R. R. Avezov, N. R. Avezova, E. Yu. Rakhimov and A. U. Vokhidov p. 10  abstract

Heat Transfer Analysis of Solar Air Heating System for Different Tilt Angles

S. Anil Kumar, Dr. K. Sridhar and G.Vinod Kumar p. 17  abstract

Effect of Buoyancy on the Perfomance of Solar Air Collectors with Different Structures

Li Shuilian, Meng Xiangrui and Weixinli p. 23  abstract

ANSYS Fluent CFD Modeling of Solar Air-Heater Thermoaerodynamics

D. I. Pashchenko p. 32  abstract

Experimental Study on Performance Enhancement of Evacuated Tube by Constant Heat Flux Mode

Ganga Raju Challa, M. Natarajan and Arjun Palayakkodan p. 40  abstract

Research on Thermophysical Properties of Nanoliquids Based on SiO2 Nanoparticles for Use as a Heat-Transfer Medium in Solar-Thermal Converters

Zh. S. Akhatov, S. Z. Mirzaev, Zhiyong Wu, S. S. Telyaev, E. T. Zhuraev and T. I. Zhuraev p. 50  abstract

Solar Energy Concentrators

Compensation of Axis Errors of Azimuth and Zenith Moving Concentrators in Programmable Solar-Tracking Systems

S. A. Orlov and Sh. I. Klychev p. 61  abstract

Solar Power Plants

Investigation of Solar Cooling Cogeneration Plant

R. Shankar, T. Srinivas and B. V. Reddy p. 65  abstract

Solar Radiation

Evaluating the Applicability of Data on Total Solar-Radiation Intensity Derived from Various Sources of Actinometric Information

Yu. V. Daus and V. V. Kharchenko p. 71  abstract