Recent advances on nanofluids for low to medium temperature solar collectors: energy, exergy, economic analysis and environmental impact

Z Said, AA Hachicha, S Aberoumand… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The efficient exploitation of solar irradiation is one of the most encouraging ways of handling
numerous environmental concerns. Solar collectors are suitable devices that capture solar …

[HTML][HTML] PCMs for residential building applications: A short review focused on disadvantages and proposals for future development

A Bland, M Khzouz, T Statheros, EI Gkanas - Buildings, 2017 - mdpi.com
Phase change materials (PCMs) offer great potential as a latent heat energy storage
technique to provide energy efficient systems in new and existing residential buildings. Due …

A comparative study of various fatty acids as phase change material to enhance the freshwater productivity of solar still

J Kateshia, V Lakhera - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The scarcity of potable water due to rapid growth in population, industrialization, and the
continuous extraction of groundwater has led to an impending crisis. Researchers have …

Thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials for low-temperature thermal energy storage applications

R Singh, S Sadeghi, B Shabani - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Low thermal conductivity is the main drawback of phase change materials (PCMs) that is yet
to be fully addressed. This paper studies several efficient, cost-effective, and easy-to-use …

A review on the applications of PCM in thermal storage of solar energy

R Chaturvedi, A Islam, K Sharma - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
Renewable energy is the most promising one in current times and it this work a work on
PCM and renewable energy has been discussed. Sustainable development and various …

Performance analysis of PCM melting in a fin-assisted thermal energy storage system–a numerical study

S Abhinand, A Sharma, HB Kothadia - International Communications in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study attempts to present the melting phenomena in a Latent Heat Thermal Storage
System (LHTSS) where ice is used as Phase Change Material (PCM) with fins incorporated …

Utilization of solar resource using phase change material assisted solar water heater and the influence of nano filler

R Dhinakaran, R Muraliraja, R Elansezhian… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
The depletion of natural energy resources are the major concern in the world therefore the
researcher's focus is to utilize the renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, tidal etc …

Thermal conductivity enhancement of erythritol phase change material with percolated aluminum filler

N Sheng, K Dong, C Zhu, T Akiyama… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper describes a high thermal conductive phase change composite (PCC) of erythritol
and Al filler with percolating network. The PCCs with various Al amounts were prepared by …

From biomass residue to solar thermal energy: the potential of bagasse as a heat storage material

MA Tony - Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Solar energy is an ecofriendly potential alternative to nonrenewable sources of energy,
which are becoming increasingly scarce. Issues with the use of solar energy, such as …

Box type solar cooker with thermal storage: an overview

A Vishwakarma, S Sinha - Energy Systems, 2024 - Springer
The majority of the world's population still cooks using biofuels like wood, agricultural
leftovers, and dried animal dung, which lacks the ability to cook efficiently, predictably …