Recent advancements in latent heat phase change materials and their applications for thermal energy storage and buildings: A state of the art review

F Hassan, F Jamil, A Hussain, HM Ali… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have received substantial interest for their ability to store
and release latent heat for energy conservation and thermal control purposes. PCMs are …

Review of cooling techniques used to enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic power systems

M Sharaf, MS Yousef, AS Huzayyin - Environmental science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are one of the most important solar energy sources used to convert
the sun's radiation falling on them into electrical power directly. Many factors affect the …

Phase change materials integrated solar desalination system: An innovative approach for sustainable and clean water production and storage

R Kumar, AK Pandey, M Samykano, B Aljafari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for fresh water in today's world is rising continually due to the increase in
population and rise in industrial developments. Solar Desalination is one of the sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Application of advanced energy storage materials in direct solar desalination: a state of art review

F Jamil, F Hassan, S Shoeibi, M Khiadani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storage of the thermal energy of solar intensity has a significant effect on the efficiency of
desalination systems at nighttime, when solar intensity is not available. Solar energy …

Enhancing the wick solar still performance using half barrel and corrugated absorbers

MM Younes, AS Abdullah, FA Essa, ZM Omara… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of tilted wick solar stills including new absorber configurations have been
investigated. Four solar stills are built, the first one is flat wick solar still (FWSS), the second …

Review on phase change materials for solar energy storage applications

R Naveenkumar, M Ravichandran… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The energy storage application plays a vital role in the utilization of the solar energy
technologies. There are various types of the energy storage applications are available in the …

Phase change materials integrated solar thermal energy systems: Global trends and current practices in experimental approaches

B Kalidasan, AK Pandey, S Shahabuddin… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal systems (STSs) are gaining boom in the globalized market since last two
decades to combat the menace of global warming. Considerable research has been carried …

Energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic (4E) evaluation of a new integration of solar still with photovoltaic panel

AR Abd Elbar, MS Yousef, H Hassan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental (4E) assessment of
new integration of solar still with photovoltaic module (PV) is performed. This new integration …

[HTML][HTML] Performance improvement of solar distiller using hang wick, reflectors and phase change materials enriched with nano-additives

WS AbuShanab, AH Elsheikh, EI Ghandourah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of using nano-based thermal storage material filled into trapezoidal hang wick in a
pyramid solar distiller is under study. The study underwent three stages of examination; after …

A review of the use of phase change materials on performance of solar stills

VP Katekar, SS Deshmukh - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
To convert the brackish water into potable water economically solar still can be used. It was
reported that the main cause of its inferior performance is the heat loss from the solar still. To …