Integration of emerging PCMs and nano-enhanced PCMs with different solar water heating systems for sustainable energy future: A systematic review

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, R Rejikumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water heaters (SWHs) are primarily used to generate hot water to meet daily needs in
domestic and industrial applications. Due to its technical and economic practicality, solar …

[HTML][HTML] The state of renewable energy development in South Africa: An overview

OM Akinbami, SR Oke, MO Bodunrin - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The rising energy demand has started to overwhelm the existing power generating plants in
South Africa. Also, the conventional electricity generating plants are largely responsible for …

City-integrated renewable energy for urban sustainability

DM Kammen, DA Sunter - Science, 2016 - science.org
To prepare for an urban influx of 2.5 billion people by 2050, it is critical to create cities that
are low-carbon, resilient, and livable. Cities not only contribute to global climate change by …

Recent progress in solar water heaters and solar collectors: A comprehensive review

SF Ahmed, M Khalid, M Vaka, R Walvekar… - Thermal Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar water heating (SWH) is a clean, reliable, and cost-effective method of harnessing solar
energy effectively to satisfy 50–80% of hot water needs. SWH technology is currently …

A review on applications and techniques of improving the performance of heat pipe-solar collector systems

MJ Alshukri, AK Hussein, AA Eidan, AI Alsabery - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This research paper presents a detailed review about the recent advances concerned with
the heat pipe-evacuated tube solar collectors. The reviewed papers covered various …

A review of water heating system for solar energy applications

A Jamar, ZAA Majid, WH Azmi, M Norhafana… - … Communications in Heat …, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar energy is one of the widely used renewable energy that can be harnessed either by
directly deriving energy from sunlight or indirectly. Solar water heating system, on the other …

A review on meta-heuristics methods for estimating parameters of solar cells

D Oliva, M Abd Elaziz, AH Elsheikh, AA Ewees - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
Sun is considered as an important source of energy, and nowadays it is studied by
researches from different areas. The current technologies are not able to convert solar …

Applications of nanotechnology to improve the performance of solar collectors–Recent advances and overview

AK Hussein - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper gives a comprehensive overview about the recent advances related with the
application of the nanotechnology in various kinds of the solar collectors. Papers reviewed …

Development on evacuated tube solar collectors: A review of the last decade results of using nanofluids

H Olfian, SSM Ajarostaghi, M Ebrahimnataj - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This review presents impact of nanofluids in solar evacuated tube solar collectors (ETSCs).
Recent works on this type of solar collector are summarized. The first part depicts the …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive analysis of nanofluids and their practical applications for flat plate solar collectors: Fundamentals, thermophysical properties, stability, and …

AM Ajeena, P Víg, I Farkas - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand and continuous confrontation of energy generation costs are
preceded by a terrible depletion of fossil fuel power reserves and increased environmental …