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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of Composite Structural Materials for Heliostat Cost Reduction	44
Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Pilot Plant for Cyanide Decontamination: A Novel Solar Rotary Photoreactor	42
A Novel Approach for Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Mean Wind Loads on Heliostats	39
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Refrigerant 32 Outside a Three-Dimensional Enhanced Tube With Rhombic Stripes and Spherical Patterns	34
An Improved Thermochemical Energy Storage Material Using Nanocellulose to Stabilize Calcium Chloride Salt	22
A Novel Solar Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration Technique Using Two-Dimensional Generalized Arnold's Cat Map	18
Influence of Photovoltaic Shading on Rooftop Heat Transfer, Building Energy Loads, and Photovoltaic Power Output	16
Convective Heat Transfer and Particle Dynamics in Lattice Frame Configuration: Effect of Lattice Porosity and Particle Size	16
Optimal Design of Anti-Icing Blunt Trailing-Edge Wind Wheel for H-Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Under Operating Conditions	16
Thermal-Hydraulic Investigation of the Delta–Nabla Channel Arrangement in a Solar Collector	13
The Effect of Wind Direction on the Cooling Capacity of Short Dry Natural Draft Cooling Towers Operating in Close Proximity	13
Modeling Development of a Receiver–Reactor of Type R2Mx for Thermochemical Water Splitting	13
Sensitivity Analysis of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (MEPCM) Slurry with Arbitrary Particle Shapes	12
Thermodynamic Power Cycle for the Solar Vortex Engine	12
Impact of an Earth-Air Heat Exchanger Combined With Nighttime Ventilation on Indoor Thermal Comfort of a Residential Building in Hot Semi-Arid Climate	12
Investigation on Solar Drying Characteristics of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in a Reflector-Attached Solar Air Heater and Thermal Energy Storage System Using Nanomaterials	12
Thermocline Thermal Storage for Concentrated Solar Power Applications: Characterization of Novel Nitrate Salt Mixtures	12
Reviewer’s Recognition	11
Design of a Combined Proportional Integral Derivative Controller to Regulate the Temperature Inside a High-Temperature Tubular Solar Reactor	11
Assessment of Bulk Oxygen Capacity and Transient Redox Behavior of Foamed Lanthanum Strontium Manganese Perovskites	11
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	11
Performance of Finned Absorber Plate Solar Air Heater Having Multiple Triangular Air Flow Passages in Parallel Under Transition to Turbulent Flow Condition	11
Economic and Performance Analysis of Modified Solar Distillation System Coupling Different Integrations Using Carbon Quantum Dot Nanoparticles: Generalized Thermal Model	11
Dehydration of Onion Slices for Food Processing Application Using Internet of Things-Based Smart Solar Drying System	11
Impact of Non-Uniform Surface Temperature on the Apparent Radiative Properties of Cavity Receivers	11

Modeling, Implementing, and Evaluating of an Advanced Dual Axis Heliostat Drive System	11
Analysis of Gaps in Techno-Economic Analysis to Advance Heliostat Technologies for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power	10
Modeling the Solar Cells Temperature and Power Output From Photovoltaic Panels Under Dusty Conditions	10
Pathways Toward Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential Air-Conditioning Systems in Saudi Arabia	9
A Combined Computer Vision and Deep Learning Approach for Rapid Drone-Based Optical Characterization of Parabolic Troughs	9
In Memoriam: Professor Essam E. Khalil —A Tribute to An Outstanding Educator and Researcher	9
Experimental Performance of a Nonlinear Control Strategy to Regulate Temperature of a High-Temperature Solar Reactor	9
Laboratory Demonstration of Grating Embedded Mirrors for Single-Shot Heliostat Optical Metrology	9
Analysis and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector to Improve Its Optical Performance	9
Study of Performance of the Flexible (Al-Based) N-PVT-TEC Collectors in Different Configurations	9
Processing Sunshine Duration Measurements for the Assessment of Solar Radiation in Climatic Regions of the Central African Republic	9
Nonequilibrium Thermal Fluctuations of Flow in Thermal Systems	9
The Effect of Pitch on Heat Transfer to an Immersed Heat Exchanger in a Solar Thermal Storage Tank With and Without a Baffle	9
Dynamic Simulation of a Molten Salt-Steam Superheater for Load-Following Applications	9
Performance Enhancement of Photovoltaic System Through Passive Cooling Techniques: An Experimental Approach	8
Evaluation of Heat Flux Distribution on Flat Plate Compound Parabolic Concentrator With Different Geometric Indices	8
A Combined Computational and Mathematical Analysis of Interconnect Fatigue Potential in Photovoltaic Modules	8
Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Phase-Change Material and High-Density Polyethylene Functional Composites for Thermal Energy Storage	8
Status Quo and Gap Analysis of Heliostat Field Deployment Processes for Concentrating Solar Tower Plants	8
Effect of Various Photovoltaic Technologies on Annual Overall Energy and Exergy, and Environmental Analyses of Concentrator Integrated Single Slope Solar Still	8
Analysis of Heat Transfer of Molten Salts Startup Flow in Cold Pipes Avoiding Freezing in Solar and Nuclear Energy Systems	8
Computational Investigation on the Influence of Expandable Blades on the Performance of a Savonius Wind Turbine	7
An Exploration of the Application to Buildings of an Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation System Driven by Solar Evacuated Glass Tubes	7
Experimental and Numerical Investigation to Assess the Performance of Helical Bach Vertical Axis Wind Turbine at Low Wind Velocity Conditions	7
A Dynamic Discrete Model of Ventilated Concrete Floor Integrated With Solar Air Collector Under the Effect of Uneven Direct Solar Radiation	7
Experimental Investigation and Optimizing the Parameters of a Solar Air Heater Having Broken Arc-Shaped Ribs Using Hybrid Entropy-VIKOR Technique	7
Performance Enhancement of Single Slope Solar Still With Sensible Heat Storage System: An Experimental Investigation Under Climatic Conditions of Northeast India	7
Analysis of Aerodynamic Loads on Heliostats at Operation Position Using Large Eddy Simulation and the Consistent Discrete Random Flow Generation Method	7
Experimental Heat Transport Investigation of a Novel Solar Parabolic Trough Collector With a Rotating Receiver Tube in Winter Conditions	7
Heliostat Consortium: Gap Analysis on State of the Art in Wind Load Design	7
Evolving a Bio-Inspired Blade Shape of the Drag-based Vertical-axis Wind Rotor Derived from Orange Sea-pen (Ptilosarcus Gurneyi)	7
Effect of Quartz Aperture Covers on the Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Efficiency of Falling Particle Receivers	7
An Accurate Explicit Six-Parameter Solar Cell Model Based on Single-Diode and Its Parameter Extraction for Seven Photovoltaic Technologies	6
Multiobjective-Optimization of Photovoltaic/Thermal-Coupled Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger Systems for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings	6
Techno-Economic Comparison of Particle and Gas-Based Central Solar Thermal Receiver Systems for the Cogeneration of Electricity and Hydrogen	6
Modeling Sand Particulate Flows Through Angled Apertures and Surfaces in Concentrated Solar-Thermal Power Receivers	6
Evaluation of the Performance of Twin Rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Employing Large Eddy Simulations	6
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	6
A Virtual Dual-Ripple Suppression Strategy of Double Fed Wind Turbine Under Wind Shear	6
Thermal Model of a Parabolic Trough Solar Field With a Closed-Loop Operation During Sunrise Period	6
Flow and Heat Transfer Experimental Study for 3D-Printed Solar Receiving Tubes With Helical Fins at Internal Surface	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
Dual Actuator Control Strategy for Temperature Stability in High-Temperature Solar Receivers	5
Optimization of Inert Gas Feeding Strategy in a Fixed-Bed Reactor for Efficient Water Splitting Via Solar-Driven Thermal Reduction of Nonstoichiometric CeO2	5
Analysis of Fouling on Nanocomposite Surfaces in Plate Heat Exchangers	5
A Scalable Optimization Framework for High-Efficiency Central Receivers Using Additively Manufactured Micro-Pin Unit-Cells	5
Thermal and Optical Behavior of Novel Phosphate-Based Inorganic Mixtures Containing Fe and Na and Their Application as Solar Reflective Coating	5
Solar Drying of Red Pepper: Thermodynamic and Experimental Study	5
Numerical Investigations on Minimization of Convective Heat Losses From Hemispherical Cavity Receiver Using Air Curtain	5

Performance Optimization of Phase Change Material-Thermoelectric Generation Systems	5
Experimental Evaluation of Exergetic and Sustainability Performances in Solar Air Heaters Using Transverse Wire Rib Roughness With Various Gaps	5
Review of Selected Heat Transfer Topics for Solar Thermal Energy Utilization and Storage	5
Experimental and Numerical Study of Parallel Flow Evacuated U-Tube Solar Collector With Parabolic Reflector: Impact of Particulate Matter	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
Experimental Study on Performance of a Solar Thermal-Driven Vapor Absorption System Integrated With Hot Thermal Energy Storage for Milk Chilling	5
Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometries of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector	5
Case Studies and Parametric Analysis of Heliostat Performance With a Tradeoff-Informed Technoeconomic Analysis Metric	5
Machine Learning Versus Empirical Models to Predict Daily Global Solar Irradiation in an Average Year: Homogeneous Parallel Ensembles Prevailed	5
Evaluating Glint and Glare Hazards From Fields of Parabolic Mirrors	5
Performance Evaluation of Newly Developed Generalized Correlations for the Prediction of Solar Diffuse Fraction for Various Climatic Regions	5