OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-Transactions of the Asme is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Refrigerant 32 Outside a Three-Dimensional Enhanced Tube With Rhombic Stripes and Spherical Patterns	54
Convective Heat Transfer and Particle Dynamics in Lattice Frame Configuration: Effect of Lattice Porosity and Particle Size	49
Evaluation of Composite Structural Materials for Heliostat Cost Reduction	44
Optimal Design of Anti-Icing Blunt Trailing-Edge Wind Wheel for H-Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Under Operating Conditions	27
Thermal-Hydraulic Investigation of the Delta–Nabla Channel Arrangement in a Solar Collector	24
The Effect of Wind Direction on the Cooling Capacity of Short Dry Natural Draft Cooling Towers Operating in Close Proximity	24
Thermocline Thermal Storage for Concentrated Solar Power Applications: Characterization of Novel Nitrate Salt Mixtures	17
Thermodynamic Power Cycle for the Solar Vortex Engine	16
Investigation on Solar Drying Characteristics of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in a Reflector-Attached Solar Air Heater and Thermal Energy Storage System Using Nanomaterials	16
Sensitivity Analysis of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry With Arbitrary Particle Shapes	16
Modeling Development of a Receiver–Reactor of Type R2Mx for Thermochemical Water Splitting	15
Impact of an Earth-Air Heat Exchanger Combined With Nighttime Ventilation on Indoor Thermal Comfort of a Residential Building in Hot Semi-Arid Climate	15
Direct Normal Irradiance Prediction-Based Optimum Interval Tilt Angles for Enhancement of Energy Output, Levelized Cost of Energy, and CO2 Emission in a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System	14
Assessment of Bulk Oxygen Capacity and Transient Redox Behavior of Foamed Lanthanum Strontium Manganese Perovskites	14
Design of a Combined Proportional Integral Derivative Controller to Regulate the Temperature Inside a High-Temperature Tubular Solar Reactor	14
Sustainable Agrivoltaics Across Diverse Climates: A Generalizable Framework for Energy-Agriculture Coproduction	13
Dehydration of Onion Slices for Food Processing Application Using Internet of Things-Based Smart Solar Drying System	13
Performance of Finned Absorber Plate Solar Air Heater Having Multiple Triangular Air Flow Passages in Parallel Under Transition to Turbulent Flow Condition	12
Impact of Non-Uniform Surface Temperature on the Apparent Radiative Properties of Cavity Receivers	12
Economic and Performance Analysis of Modified Solar Distillation System Coupling Different Integrations Using Carbon Quantum Dot Nanoparticles: Generalized Thermal Model	12
Performance of a Rainwater Harvester and Double Slope Desalinator With Booster Mirror and Cooling Fan	12
Pathways Toward Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems in Saudi Arabia	11
Laboratory Demonstration of Grating Embedded Mirrors for Single-Shot Heliostat Optical Metrology	11
A Combined Computer Vision and Deep Learning Approach for Rapid Drone-Based Optical Characterization of Parabolic Troughs	11
Solar-Powered Waste Compactor for Sustainable Environmental Application	11

Analysis of Gaps in Techno-Economic Analysis to Advance Heliostat Technologies for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power	11
The Effect of Electrical Load on Photovoltaic Module Surface Temperature: An Experimental Investigation	11
Modeling the Solar Cells Temperature and Power Output From Photovoltaic Panels Under Dusty Conditions	10
Analysis and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector to Improve Its Optical Performance	10
Evaluation of Heat Flux Distribution on Flat Plate Compound Parabolic Concentrator With Different Geometric Indices	10
Experimental Performance of a Nonlinear Control Strategy to Regulate Temperature of a High-Temperature Solar Reactor	10
In Memoriam: Professor Essam E. Khalil —A Tribute to An Outstanding Educator and Researcher	10
Characteristic Equation Development for Conical Active Solar Still With/Without Photovoltaic Thermal for Sustainable Solution to Clean Water Scarcity: A Comparative Study	9
Reducing Sand Deposition on Solar Power Plants Using Windbreaks: A Numerical Study	9
Status Quo and Gap Analysis of Heliostat Field Deployment Processes for Concentrating Solar Tower Plants	9
Study of Performance of the Flexible (Al-Based) N-PVT-TEC Collectors in Different Configurations	9
Heliostat Consortium: Gap Analysis on State of the Art in Wind Load Design	8
Experimental Heat Transport Investigation of a Novel Solar Parabolic Trough Collector With a Rotating Receiver Tube in Winter Conditions	8
Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Phase-Change Material and High-Density Polyethylene Functional Composites for Thermal Energy Storage	8
Dynamic Simulation of a Molten Salt-Steam Superheater for Load-Following Applications	8
An Exploration of the Application to Buildings of an Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation System Driven by Solar Evacuated Glass Tubes	8
Experimental Investigation and Optimizing the Parameters of a Solar Air Heater Having Broken Arc-Shaped Ribs Using Hybrid Entropy-VIKOR Technique	8
A Dynamic Discrete Model of Ventilated Concrete Floor Integrated With Solar Air Collector Under the Effect of Uneven Direct Solar Radiation	8
Analysis of Heat Transfer of Molten Salts Startup Flow in Cold Pipes Avoiding Freezing in Solar and Nuclear Energy Systems	8
A Combined Computational and Mathematical Analysis of Interconnect Fatigue Potential in Photovoltaic Modules	8
Performance Enhancement of Photovoltaic System Through Passive Cooling Techniques: An Experimental Approach	8
Evolving a Bio-Inspired Blade Shape of the Drag-based Vertical-axis Wind Rotor Derived from Orange Sea-pen (Ptilosarcus Gurneyi)	7
Flow and Heat Transfer Experimental Study for 3D-Printed Solar Receiving Tubes With Helical Fins at Internal Surface	7
Machine Learning Versus Empirical Models to Predict Daily Global Solar Irradiation in an Average Year: Homogeneous Parallel Ensembles Prevailed	7
Multiobjective-Optimization of Photovoltaic/Thermal-Coupled Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger Systems for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings	7
An Analytical Approach for Transient Thermal Behavior of a Packed-Bed Molten Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage With Heat Losses	7
Analysis of Aerodynamic Loads on Heliostats at Operation Position Using Large Eddy Simulation and the Consistent Discrete Random Flow Generation Method	7
An Accurate Explicit Six-Parameter Solar Cell Model Based on Single-Diode and Its Parameter Extraction for Seven Photovoltaic Technologies	7
Thermal Model of a Parabolic Trough Solar Field With a Closed-Loop Operation During Sunrise Period	7
Techno-Economic Comparison of Particle and Gas-Based Central Solar Thermal Receiver Systems for the Cogeneration of Electricity and Hydrogen	7
Effect of Various Photovoltaic Technologies on Annual Overall Energy and Exergy, and Environmental Analyses of Concentrator Integrated Single Slope Solar Still	7
Performance Enhancement of Single Slope Solar Still With Sensible Heat Storage System: An Experimental Investigation Under Climatic Conditions of Northeast India	7
Evaluation of the Performance of Twin Rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Employing Large Eddy Simulations	7
Improving the Power Output of a Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Array through a Hybrid Magic Square Configuration with Differential Evolution based Adaptive P&O MPPT Method	7
A Virtual Dual-Ripple Suppression Strategy of Double Fed Wind Turbine Under Wind Shear	7
Design and Principles of a Novel Linear Solar Concentrator With Asymmetric Parabolic Reflector and Independently Movable Receiver: Sensitivity Analysis of Optical Efficiency to Deviations	6
Review of Selected Heat Transfer Topics for Solar Thermal Energy Utilization and Storage	6
Performance Optimization of Phase Change Material-Thermoelectric Generation Systems	6
A Scalable Optimization Framework for High-Efficiency Central Receivers Using Additively Manufactured Micro-Pin Unit Cells	6
Case Studies and Parametric Analysis of Heliostat Performance With a Tradeoff-Informed Technoeconomic Analysis Metric	6
Evaluating Glint and Glare Hazards From Fields of Parabolic Mirrors	6
Experimental and Numerical Study of Parallel Flow Evacuated U-Tube Solar Collector With Parabolic Reflector: Impact of Particulate Matter	6
Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of a Double-Pass Tubular Absorber for Application in Solar Towers	6
Experimental Investigation of Natural Circulating Solar Energy System Including a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector	6
Associate Editor’s Recognition	6
Experimental Performance Analysis of Solar Air Heater With Innovative Perforated Semi-Conical Ribs	5
Numerical Simulation of the 3D Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in a Forced Convection Solar Drying System Integrated With Thermal Storage Material	5
Assessment of Conical Solar Stills Empowered by N-Replicated Partially Shaded PVT-CPC Collectors: Unveiling Exergo-Enviro-Economic Dynamics, Productivity, and Cogeneration Efficiency	5
Numerical Investigations on Minimization of Convective Heat Losses From Hemispherical Cavity Receiver Using Air Curtain	5
Photo-Thermal Conversion Analysis of a Medium-Flux Direct Absorption Solar System Using Gold Nanoparticles With Natural Extract of Azadirachta Indica	5

Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometries of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector	5
Mechanical and Economic Analysis of Conventional Aluminum Photovoltaic Module Frames, Frames With Side Holes, and Open-Source Downward-Fastened Frames for Non-Traditional Racking	5
Optimizing the Concentration Ratio of Multi-Faceted Focusing Heliostats	5
Performance Evaluation of Newly Developed Generalized Correlations for the Prediction of Solar Diffuse Fraction for Various Climatic Regions	5
Experimental Evaluation of Exergetic and Sustainability Performances in Solar Air Heaters Using Transverse Wire Rib Roughness With Various Gaps	5
Solar Drying of Red Pepper: Thermodynamic and Experimental Study	5
Predicting Vertical Daylight Illuminance Data From Measured Solar Irradiance: A Machine Learning-Based Luminous Efficacy Approach	5
Investigation of the Enhancement of Heat Transfer in a Flat Plate Solar Collector With a Corrugated Tube Under Thermosiphon Effect	5
Experimental Study on Performance of a Solar Thermal-Driven Vapor Absorption System Integrated With Hot Thermal Energy Storage for Milk Chilling	5
Dual Actuator Control Strategy for Temperature Stability in High-Temperature Solar Receivers	5