Recent developments in nano-enhanced phase change materials for solar thermal storage

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
The effective utilization of solar energy is feasible by matching the energy supply to demand
with selective solar collectors and energy storage. Solar thermal systems with thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical analysis of rectangular fins in a PCM for low-grade heat harnessing

AR Mazhar, A Shukla, S Liu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Harnessing waste thermal energy from greywater (GW) in non-industrial buildings is
becoming necessary to reduce energy demands, make heating/cooling technologies more …

Thermal performance evaluation for solidification process of latent heat thermal energy storage in a corrugated plate heat exchanger

B Gürel - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This study used latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) within a commercial plate-type
heat exchanger (PHE) to numerically investigate the solidification process of phase change …

Phase change process of nanoparticle enhanced PCM in a heat storage including unsteady conduction

A Shafee, M Sheikholeslami, P Wang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal energy release process during solidification of water has been simulated in current
investigation. Time-linked equation was solved via Galerkin approach and automatic time …

Thermo-osmotic ionogel enabled high-efficiency harvesting of low-grade heat

W Li, Y Liu, Z Zhang, R Liu, J Qiu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Low efficiency in recovering low-grade heat remains unresolved despite decades of
attempts. In this research, we designed and fabricated a novel thermo-osmotic ionogel (TOI) …

[PDF][PDF] Review on material aspects of solar thermal collectors

T Maridurai, AAM Irfan, E Vengadesan… - … Journal of Mechanical …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Thermal performance of a solar collector mainly depends on the material characteristics of
normal and elevated operating conditions. The material selection depends on the …

[PDF][PDF] Parametric analysis of a concentrated solar receiver with Scheffler reflector

R Senthil, M Gupta, C Rath - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2017 - researchgate.net
In this work, the effect of various parameters on the thermal performance and heat losses
from the concentrated solar receiver is studied parametrically. A parabolic dish solar …

Experimental study on the thermal performance of a grey water heat harnessing exchanger using Phase Change Materials

AR Mazhar, S Liu, A Shukla - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
To integrate heat extraction and storage into a single unit along with decoupling of demand
and supply, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) can be used to harness heat from grey water …

[PDF][PDF] Optical and thermal performance analysis of solar parabolic concentrator

R Senthil, AP Nishanth - International Journal of Mechanical and …, 2017 - academia.edu
In this work, the effect of reflectivity of the reflector, absorptivity of the absorber, intercept
factor and beam solar radiation in the thermal performance of a solar parabolic concentrator …

[PDF][PDF] Simultaneous testing of a parabolic dish concentrated PCM and non-PCM solar receiver

R Senthil, M Cheralathan - International Journal of Mechanical and …, 2017 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT A simultaneous test method is proposed, for evaluating the effect of phase
change material (PCM) in the concentrated solar receiver, under similar operating …