A review on phase change materials for thermal energy storage in buildings: Heating and hybrid applications

K Faraj, M Khaled, J Faraj, F Hachem… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Researchers world-wide are investigating thermal energy storage, especially phase change
materials, for their substantial benefits in improving energy efficiency, sustaining thermal …

A review on the use of coconut oil as an organic phase change material with its melting process, heat transfer, and energy storage characteristics

CA Saleel - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022 - Springer
As the energy demand is increasing and conventional energy sources are declining,
renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly popular. It is very important to store …

Potential of water natural circulation coupled with nano-enhanced PCM for PV module cooling

N Abdollahi, M Rahimi - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a new photovoltaic module passive cooling system that works with
natural cooling water circulation. The heat was removed from cooling water by a PCM-based …

Performance improvement of solar PV module through hybrid cooling system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change material

D Singh, H Chaubey, Y Parvez, A Monga, S Srivastava - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims to substantiate the relationship between efficiency of solar modules and the
effect of thermoelectric in cooling solar modules in combination (series) with the phase …

Human thermal comfort in passenger vehicles using an organic phase change material–an experimental investigation, neural network modelling, and optimization

A Afzal, CA Saleel, IA Badruddin, TMY Khan… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this research, an attempt is made to maintain human thermal comfort by regulating
temperature and relative humidity inside the automobile cabin by impregnating an organics …

[HTML][HTML] Edible oils as practical phase change materials for thermal energy storage

S Kahwaji, MA White - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Passive thermal management of residential greenhouses. Abstract
Edible oils could provide more accessible alternatives to other phase change materials …

Analysis of underfloor electrical heating system integrated with coconut oil-PCM plates

K Faraj, J Faraj, F Hachem, H Bazzi, M Khaled… - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, coconut oil was used as a new bio-based phase change material
(PCM) to be integrated with a quarter-scale insulated prototype of an underfloor heating …

Experimental study on the use of enhanced coconut oil and paraffin wax phase change material in active heating using advanced modular prototype

K Faraj, M Khaled, J Faraj, F Hachem… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of phase change materials in buildings as a thermal energy storage system gained
the attention of researchers all over the world. In the current study, coconut oil bio-based …

Analyses of bio-based nano-PCM filled concentric cylindrical energy storage system in vertical orientation

M Alomair, Y Alomair, S Tasnim, S Mahmud… - Journal of Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we have investigated the detailed melting process of a nano-PCM inside a
concentric cylindrical thermal energy storage (C-TES) system. The C-TES system is made of …

Experimental investigation on thermophysical properties of coconut oil and lauryl alcohol for energy recovery from cold condensate

P Dhamodharan, AK Bakthavatsalam - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective use of available energy from air conditioning condensate in a typical cold storage
plant is studied. The condensate quantity was estimated for a 17,580 kW cooling capacity at …