Author, as appears in the article.: Saikia K; Vallès M; Fabregat A; Saez R; Boer D
Department: Enginyeria Mecànica
URV's Author/s: Boer, Dieter-Thomas / Fabregat Tomàs, Alexandre / Vallès Rasquera, Joan Manel
Keywords: Systems Solar energy Solar cooling Renewable heating and cooling Keyword analysis Future Energy research Bibliometrics
Abstract: © 2020 International Solar Energy Society With the increasing demand for air-conditioning and refrigeration and depleting fossil fuel resources, countries across the globe have been exploring sustainable alternatives to supply cooling loads. While solar cooling technology has been investigated and demonstrated in recent decades, it has not yet been able to take over traditional cooling systems due to the technical and financial constraints. Understanding the state of the art in this emerging research field is crucial in planning future research efforts. In light of this motivation, this study uses bibliometric analysis to identify hot topics, trends, and research clusters in solar cooling. A dataset of 3639 publications on solar cooling obtained from Web of Science has been analyzed using (i) the open source tool VOSviewer, (ii) the R package Bibliometrix and (iii) an in-house bibliometric tool. This analysis allowed us to determine the annual publication rate both total and segregated by country, author, journal, and research institution. With an overall increasing trend in the total number of publications, China was identified as the leading country in solar cooling research followed by the USA, and Southern European countries. Keyword analysis and time evolution of various key solar cooling technologies have shown that the focus has so far been on solar thermal cooling technology. Nonetheless, as solar photovoltaic prices drop significantly, researchers are expected to focus more closely on photovoltaic driven cooling systems in the near future as a step towards reducing fossil fuel dependence and mitigating climate change.
Thematic Areas: Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Química Materials science (miscellaneous) Materials science (all) Materiais Interdisciplinar Geociências General materials science Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Energy & fuels Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: alexandre.fabregat@urv.cat manel.valles@urv.cat dieter.boer@urv.cat
ISSN: 0038092X
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6032-2605 0000-0002-0748-1287 0000-0002-5532-6409
Record's date: 2023-02-22
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X20301195
Papper original source: Solar Energy. 199 100-114
APA: Saikia K; Vallès M; Fabregat A; Saez R; Boer D (2020). A bibliometric analysis of trends in solar cooling technology. Solar Energy, 199(), 100-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.02.013
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.02.013
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications