Recent advances, challenges, and prospects in solar dish collectors: Designs, applications, and optimization frameworks

H Allouhi, A Allouhi, MS Buker, S Zafar… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of solar powered dish-Stirling engines to convert thermal energy into electricity is a
promising and renewable alternative in reducing the fossil fuel consumption. However …

[HTML][HTML] Water solar distiller productivity enhancement using concentrating solar water heater and phase change material (PCM)

MT Chaichan, HA Kazem - Case studies in thermal engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper investigates usage of thermal energy storage extracted from concentrating solar
heater for water distillation. Paraffin wax selected as a suitable phase change material, and …

Heat transfer and storage characteristics of a hexagonal close structured packed-bed thermal storage system with molten salt phase change materials

X Wu, Z Tang - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The phase change material (PCM) spheres using 316SS as the ball shell and solar salt
(NaNO 3-KNO 3, 60–40 wt%) as the PCM were arranged in an orderly pebble-bed …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of soybean wax as a phase change material on the cooling performance of photovoltaic solar panel

Z Arifin, BA Tribhuwana, B Kristiawan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - academia.edu
The world population is increasing every year, which is 2050 predicted that the world
population will increase by 9.6 billion [1]. This population size affects the increase in energy …

Comparative effectiveness of different phase change materials to improve cooling performance of heat sinks for electronic devices

A Hasan, H Hejase, S Abdelbaqi, A Assi, MO Hamdan - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper thermo-physically characterizes salt hydrate, paraffin wax and milk fat as phase
change materials (PCMs). The three PCMs are compared in terms of improving heat sink …

Development of an algorithm for forming the structure of composite fiber insulation with heat-accumulating properties in clothing

IV Cherunova, EB Stefanova… - IOP Conference Series …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In the article research results are presented, which aim to development of an algorithm for
forming the structure of composite fiber insulation with heat-accumulating properties in …

A novel macro-scale machine learning prediction based on high-fidelity CFD simulations: A case study on the pore-scale porous Trombe wall with phase change …

T Saboori, L Zhao, M Mesgarpour, S Wongwises… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, multi-layer calculations loops based on machine learning used to
simulate the flow pattern and the thermal behavior through pore scale porous media (PSPM) …

Experimental study on melting and solidification of phase change material thermal storage

H Ambarita, I Abdullah, CA Siregar… - IOP conference …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Melting and solidification process of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are investigated
experimentally. The tested PCMs are Paraffin wax and Steric acid which typically used for …

Phase Change Material of (100-200) C: Review and Taxonomy

MA Al-Furaiji, AV Baranenko… - … Series: Earth and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Phase Change Material (PCM) is the material where its properties changed with the
temperature change. If the application is heating, the process is called Latent Thermal …

Optimization of heat exchange in a heat accumulator with latent heat storage

L Constantin, D Dragomir-Stanciu, IV Crismaru - Procedia Technology, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper analyzes the possibility to optimize the construction of a heat exchanger, which
has the role of thermal accumulator in a solar energy storage system for residential use. The …