Solar drying Technologies: A review and future research directions with a focus on agroindustrial applications in medium and large scale

NM Ortiz-Rodríguez, M Condorí, G Durán… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The food industry accounts for approximately 30% of global energy consumption. In
addition, food-processing activities contribute almost 26% of total greenhouse gas …

A review of solar-driven short-term low temperature heat storage systems

Y Shen, S Liu, AR Mazhar, X Han, L Yang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews three types of solar-driven short-term low temperature heat storage
systems–water tank heat storage, phase change materials heat storage and thermochemical …

Two-layer co-optimization method for a distributed energy system combining multiple energy storages

J Guo, Z Liu, X Wu, D Wu, S Zhang, X Yang, H Ge… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of nearly zero-energy buildings, the establishment of a nearly
zero-energy community composed of concentrated and contiguous nearly zero-energy …

Two-layer collaborative optimization for a renewable energy system combining electricity storage, hydrogen storage, and heat storage

G Fan, Z Liu, X Liu, Y Shi, D Wu, J Guo, S Zhang… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy systems combining hybrid energy storage (HES-RESs) and new energy
vehicles are beneficial for realizing net-zero carbon emissions of the building and transport …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal performance improvement of thermal energy storage systems by employing a contrastive experiment

J Zou, F He, Y Qi, X Meng, W Ma - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal storage system is widely used to reduce the mismatch between thermal energy
supply and demand in time and space, and its thermal performance is a critical factor in the …

Experimental study of storage system of a solar water heater equipped with an innovative absorber spherical double-walled tank immersed in a phase change …

S Yari, H Safarzadeh, M Bahiraei - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
In commercial active solar water heaters, during the thermal charge process, water is
continuously circulated between the collector and the tank. The water is heated in the …

PCM addition inside solar water heaters: Numerical comparative approach

T Bouhal, T El Rhafiki, T Kousksou, A Jamil… - Journal of Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to highlight the design of solar storage tank integrating PCM
modules for solar hot water production. The objective is to simulate working cycle of solar …

Performance analysis and optimization of an absorption chiller driven by nanofluid based solar flat plate collector

E Bellos, C Tzivanidis - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to investigate a solar cooling system with an absorption chiller
driven by nanofluid based flat plate collectors. Pure water and water/Cu nanofluid (2 …

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) stagnation point flow past a shrinking/stretching surface with double stratification effect in a porous medium

NS Khashi'ie, NM Arifin, MM Rashidi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
The present work emphasizes the MHD mixed convective stagnation point flow over a
shrinking/stretching surface saturated in a porous medium. The double stratification with …

Energy and exergy model with parametric study of a hot water storage tank with PCM for domestic applications and experimental validation for multiple operational …

M Carmona, A Rincón, L Gulfo - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) with phase change materials (PCM) has been
incorporated in domestic hot water (DHW) systems, frequently inside the water storage tank …