Highly Efficient Thermal Renewable Energy Systems Design, Optimization and Applications Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques Series

The text comprehensively highlights the latest methodologies, models, techniques, and applications along with a description of modeling, optimization, and experimental works in the energy sector. It further explains key concepts such as finite element analysis tools, hybrid energy systems, mechanical components design, and optimization, solar coupled systems, and vertical heat exchanger.

This book

• Discusses the role and integration of solar, geothermal, and hydrogen based thermal energy storage (TES) technologies in different sectors for space heating and cooling applications.
• Covers mechanical modeling and optimization of hybrid energy storage systems for performance improvement and focus on hydrogen production, storage and safety measures.
• Explores the integration of IoT and global energy interaction technologies, highlighting their potential benefits in driving the transition towards a sustainable and resilient global energy system.
• Explains different aspects of clean technologies like batteries, fuel cells, ground energy storage, solar thermal system and role of green hydrogen in decarbonizing sectors like transportation and energy.
• Showcases a clear idea of sustainable development using renewable energy, focusing on policymaking, challenges in transition from conventional to renewable energy and future directions in energy sector.

It is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, and environmental engineering.

1. Introduction to Thermal Energy Storage: Solar, Geothermal and Hydrogen Energy. 2. Technological Advancements in Sustainable and Renewable Solar Energy Systems. 3. Thermal Energy Storage Technologies and Their Applications. 4. Solar Energy Scenario in India: Opportunities and Challenges. 5. Applications of IoT in Renewable Energy Sector: Smart Energy Management, Opportunities, Challenges and Applications. 6. Design and Modelling of Solar, Geothermal and Hybrid Energy Systems. 7. Optimization Techniques of Solar Thermal and Hybrid Energy Systems. 8. Predicting PV Thermal Collector Performance with Apriori Algorithm. 9. Solar and Geothermal based Thermal Energy Storage for Building Applications. 10. Study and Analysis of Low-Level Geothermal Heat Pumps in Oman. 11. Green Hydrogen Production: Methods, Designs and Applications. 12. Comparative Assessment of Hydrogen Production Methods from Renewable Energy: A Review. 13. Hydrogen Production and Storage: Technological Advancements and Applications. 14. Harnessing Solar and Hydrogen Energy: Conserving for the generations to come. 15. Solar Power Potential of India: Thermal, economical and Technological Advancements. 16. Green Hydrogen Productions: Methods, Designs and Smart Applications. 17. Experimental Investigation of Thermohydraulic Performance of Solar Air collector with Double Sided Roughened Absorber Plate. 18. Design and Analysis of a Solar Based Gear Pump System. 19. Solar Desalination Techniques: Challenges and Opportunities. 20. Atmospheric Water Generation with Different Grades of Molecular Sieve

Dr. Vikas Verma doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. He is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Tezpur University, Assam, India since April 2017. He has contributed research works in the reputed journals in the field of Renewable energy, Hydrogen Energy, Nanofluid, HVAC system. He has reviewed international publication and delivered invited talk and oral presentation in international platforms. He was nominated and represented India in Durban, South Africa during 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Conclave in 2018. His research work on Solar Assisted Geothermal Heat Pump for Space Heating Application covered by media such as: India Today, Times of India and The Education Times in 2018.

Dr. Sivasakthivel Thangavel has been serving as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Global College of Engineering and Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman since May 2018. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from IIT Roorkee, India. Throughout his career, Dr. Siva worked as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow and researcher in China, Japan, and France, publishing more than 30 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is a certified higher education teacher and obtained a postgraduate certificate in academic practice in 2020 from the University of the West of England. Moreover, Dr. Siva boasts over eight years of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at various higher educational institutes in India, China, Japan, and Oman. He has taught diverse modules across the field of mechanical engineering. His Orcid id is 0000-0001-6802-4015 and Scopus Id is 55962921000.

Dr. Nitesh Dutt received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee in 2018, where his research, supported by a Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) project, delved into "Heat up and cool