Contents

Applied Solar Energy

Vol. 53, No. 3, 2017

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

Harmonic Control Using Matrix Converter of Unbalanced Input Voltage Supplied from Solar Power System

K. V. Kandaswamy and Sarat Kumar Sahoo p. 199  abstract

A Novel Islanding Detection Technique for Grid Connected Photovoltaic System

M. Balamurugan and Sarat Kumar Sahoo p. 208  abstract

Solar Power Plants and Their Application

Performance Studies on Solar Collector with Grooved Absorber Tube Configuration Using Aqueous ZnO–Ethylene Glycol Nanofluids

G. Niranjan, L. Chilambarasan, Y. Raja Sekhar and D. Vikranthreddy p. 215  abstract

Experimental Studies on Solar Flat Plate Collector with Internally Grooved Tubes Using Aqueous Ethylene Glycol

Vidhi Upadhyay, Rashmi, P. Himanshu Khadloya, Y. Raja Sekhar, A. D Sai Anoop Reddy and Bharath Reddy p. 222  abstract

Fault Detection in PV Systems

P. Jenitha and A. Immanuel Selvakumar p. 229  abstract

Experimental Scrutinization on Conversion of Seawater into Drinking Water Using Solar Energy

A. M. Saravanan, Asma Said Al-Kharusi, Anna Jesil and Shabib Rashdi p. 238  abstract

Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic/Thermal–HDH Desalination System

B. Anand and T. Srinivas p. 243  abstract

Study of the Possibilities of Thermal Performance Enhancement of Flat Plate Solar Water Collectors by Using of Nanofluids as Heat Transfer Fluid

J. S. Akhatov, S. Z. Mirzaev, A. S. Halimov, S. S. Telyaev and E. T. Juraev p. 250  abstract

Solar Energy Concentrators

Correlation between Central Receiver Size and Solar Field Using Flat Heliostats

V. Venkatesh, Badri S. Rao, Gopalakrishnan Srilakshmi, N. C. Thirumalai and M. A. Ramaswamy p. 258  abstract

Solar Energy Storage and Use for Heating and Refrigeration

Thermodynamic Evaluations of Solar Cooling Cogeneration Cycle Using NaSCN–NH3 Mixture

R. Shankar, T. Srinivas and B. V. Reddy p. 267  abstract

Solar Power Plants

Comparative Study of Single and Multi-Layered Packed-Bed Thermal Energy Storage Systems for CSP Plants

Ajas Abdulla and K. S. Reddy p. 276  abstract