Mussad Mohammed Al-Zahrani^*, Taher Maatallah

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.23, No.6, pp. 1883-1905, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2025.074656 - 31 December 2025

Abstract Conventional concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) face a persistent trade-off between high efficiency and high cost, driven by expensive multi-junction solar cells and complex active cooling systems. This study presents a computational investigation of a novel Multi-Focal Pyramidal Array (MFPA)-based CPV system designed to overcome this limitation. The MFPA architecture employs a geometrically optimized pyramidal concentrator to distribute concentrated sunlight onto strategically placed, low-cost monocrystalline silicon cells, enabling high efficiency energy capture while passively managing thermal loads. Coupled optical thermal electrical simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics demonstrate a geometric concentration ratio of 120×, with system temperatures maintained below More >

Masaya Suzuki^1,*, Manabu Ueno², Koji Fukudome², Yoji Okita¹, Makoto Yamamoto²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.23, No.1, pp. 14-14, 2021, DOI:10.32604/icces.2021.08337

Abstract Recently, ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are expected to utilize for the components of gas turbine engines due to its low density, high strength, and high rigidity in the high-temperature condition. The environmental barrier coating (EBC) is a key technology for the practical application of CMC to prevent surface regression from particulate and water vapor environments. However, the anti-erosion characteristics of CMC and EBC have not been clarified. In the present study, the authors performed numerical simulations of particulate erosion phenomena in a high-pressure turbine first stage to investigate the differences in the damage pattern and More >

Momoji Kubo

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 127-128, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.127

Abstract The establishment of the process and material design technology based on theoretical science at electronic- and atomic-level is one of the important subjects in order to solve the energy and environmental problems, to realize the safe and secure society, and to create new industry and markets. Especially, the recent material, process, and system technologies constitute of multi-physics phenomena including chemical reaction, friction, impact, stress, fluid, photon, electron, heat, electric and magnetic fields etc., and then the deep understanding of the above multi-physics phenomena are essential. Previously, continuum simulations such as finite element method have been… More >