Faisal Asfand

Dr. Faisal Asfand

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 May 2015 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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FAFaisal Asfand
Faisal Asfand
Mahmoud BourouisMahmoud Bourouis
Mahmoud Bourouis


5 July 2025 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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MAMuhammad Usman Saeed Akhtar
Muhammad Usman Saeed Akhtar
FAFaisal Asfand
Faisal Asfand
AMArian Shabruhi Mishamandani
Arian Shabruhi Mishamandani
RMRakesh Mishra
Rakesh Mishra
MKM. Imran Khan
M. Imran Khan


24 January 2025 in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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MAMuhammad Usman Saeed Akhtar
Muhammad Usman Saeed Akhtar
FAFaisal Asfand
Faisal Asfand
MKM. Imran Khan
M. Imran Khan
RMRakesh Mishra
Rakesh Mishra
ABAndrew D. Ball
Andrew D. Ball

10 June 2020 in Sustainability
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FAFaisal Asfand
Faisal Asfand
PPPatricia Palenzuela
Patricia Palenzuela
LRLidia Roca
Lidia Roca
ACAdèle Caron
Adèle Caron
CLCharles-André Lemarié
Charles-André Lemarié
Kumar PatchigollaKumar Patchigolla
Kumar Patchigolla
The use of wet cooling in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants tends to be an unfavourable option in regions where water is scarce due to the high water requirements of the method. Dry-cooling systems allow a water consumption reduction of up to 80% but at the expense of lower electricity production. A hybrid cooling system (the combination of dry and wet cooling) offers the advantages of each process in terms of lower water consumption and higher electricity production. A model of a CSP plant which integrates a hybrid cooling system has been implemented in Thermoflex software. The water consumption and the net power generation have been evaluated for different configurations of the hybrid cooling system: series, parallel, series-parallel and parallel-series. It was found that the most favourable configuration in terms of water saving was series-parallel, in which a water reduction of up to 50% is possible compared to the only-wet cooling option, whereas an increase of 2.5% in the power generation is possible compared to the only-dry cooling option. The parallel configuration was the best in terms of power generation with an increase of 3.2% when compared with the only-dry cooling option, and a reduction of 30% water consumption compared to the only-wet cooling option.