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The objective of the Journal of Mechanics is to provide an international forum to foster exchange of ideas among mechanics communities in different parts of world.The Journal of Mechanics publishes original research in all fields of theoretical and applied mechanics.The Journal especially welcomes papers that are related to recent technological advances, such as micro/nanomechanics, medical and biological systems, and microscale heat transfer.The contributions, which may be analytical, experimental or numerical, should be of significance to the progress of mechanics.
The second law of thermodynamics is used to analyze the potential for exergy conservation in solar collector systems. It is shown that the amount of useful energy (exergy) delivered by solar collector systems is affected by heat transfer irreversibilities occurring between the sun and the collector, between the collector and the ambient air, and inside the collector. Using as working examples an isothermal collector, a nonisothermal collector, and the design of the collector-user heat exchanger, the optimum operating conditions for minimum heat transfer irreversibility (maximum exergy delivery) are derived.
