Effective PCM, insulation, natural and/or night ventilation techniques to enhance the thermal performance of buildings located in various climates–A review

P Arumugam, V Ramalingam, P Vellaichamy - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintaining healthy and comfortable indoors through passive ways is challenging due to the
changing and extreme climatic conditions. The aim of this work is to review the thermal …

Opportunities and challenges of PCM-to-air heat exchangers (PAHXs) for building free cooling applications—A comprehensive review

M Dardir, K Panchabikesan, F Haghighat… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
With high energy consumption trend in buildings, the adoption of thermal energy storage
systems toward reducing cooling load has been increased in recent years. Subsequently …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of two different fins (longitudinal-tree like) and hybrid nano-particles (MoS2-TiO2) on solidification process in triplex latent heat thermal energy storage …

K Hosseinzadeh, MAE Moghaddam, A Asadi… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
To tackle global warming, a reliable storage system seems crucial due to unpredictability of
renewable energy. As a result, storage units based on Phase Change Material (PCM) are …

Augmenting the productivity of solar still using multiple PCMs as heat energy storage

VS Vigneswaran, G Kumaresan, BV Dinakar… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, several research studies were conducted to enhance the productivity of
solar stills. One of the approaches was the integration of latent heat energy storage …

Energy, Exergy, and Economic analysis of low thermal conductivity basin solar still integrated with Phase Change Material for energy storage

VS Vigneswaran, PG Kumar, D Sakthivadivel… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latent heat energy storage material has been used by many researchers to achieve an
enhancement in the yield of solar still. However, the poor thermal conductivity of Phase …

Thermo-physical investigation and experimental discharge characteristics of lauryl alcohol as a potential phase change material for thermal management in buildings

C Veerakumar, A Sreekumar - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This article focuses on the investigation of thermo-physical properties of lauryl alcohol, an
organic fatty alcohol as a potential phase change material for thermal management in …

Performance evaluation of double slope solar still augmented with binary eutectic phase change material and steel wool fibre

R Agrawal, KDP Singh - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar still integrated with phase change material (PCM) as latent heat storage material
proves to be the prominent solution for obtaining potable water from brackish water …

Influence of PCM thermal conductivity and HTF velocity during solidification of PCM through the free cooling concept–A parametric study

K Panchabikesan, MV Swami, V Ramalingam… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of a latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system can be
enhanced by incorporation of fins, metal matrices, lessing rings in the phase change …

Experimental study on the direct evaporative air-cooling system with vermicompost material as the water storage medium

S Abaranji, K Panchabikesan, V Ramalingam - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Direct Evaporative Cooling (DEC) is a passive cooling technology widely adopted
in places with hot-dry weather conditions to achieve indoor thermal comfort. The major …

Feasibility study on the year-round operation of PCM based free cooling systems in tropical climatic conditions

K Panchabikesan, MM Joybari, F Haghighat… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The free cooling system (FCS) is a conventional system in which the cool energy available
in the night ambient air is stored in the phase change material (PCM) and retrieved later …