Investigating the effect of thermal cycling on thermal characteristics of the nano-silica based phase changing material (PCM)

PT Saravanakumar, SP Arunkumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reliable thermal storage has become a critical factor for renewable energy-based thermal
systems such as solar thermal collectors, because the incoming energy is inconsistent with …

Thermal performance of a double-glazed window integrated with a phase change material (PCM)

MFL King, PN Rao, A Sivakumar, VK Mamidi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent research has concentrated on the use of different substances in glazing windows in
order to decrease heat transmission through building apertures. In the present work, the …

Experimental analysis of a heat sink for electronic chipset cooling using a nano improved PCM (NIPCM)

PM Kumar, R Saminathan, A Sumayli, M Mittal… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of a phase changing substance (PCM) and a nano-improved phase changing
substance (NIPCM) on the thermal performance of a heat sink to be used for an electronic …

Study on the mechanical properties of the nanoconcrete using nano-TiO2 and nanoclay

SDA Selvasofia, E Sarojini, G Moulica… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano modified concretes have become the attractive research area now-a-days. It was
anticipated that the inclusion of appropriate nano-sized particles would enhance the …

Thermal management of metal roof building using phase change material (PCM)

P Boobalakrishnan, PM Kumar, G Balaji… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of the buildings for cooling, especially during the days of high solar
exposure is large due to the increased indoor temperature. The roof of the building …

Investigation on indirect solar dryer for drying sliced potatoes using phase change materials (PCM)

N Vigneshkumar, M Venkatasudhahar… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
The solar dryers are playing a pivotal role in the food industries for preserving edible items
such as grains, vegetables, fish, etc., through the removal of moisture content from them …

Taguchi optimization of metal inert gas (MIG) welding parameters to withstand high impact load for dissimilar weld joints

SP Arunkumar, C Prabha, R Saminathan… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The welding of two different kinds of metals has found greater applications and use in
several fields of manufacturing in present days. A387 is a sort of grade steel used in the …

Investigating the influence of nanoparticle disbanded phase changing material (NDPCM) on the working of solar PV

D Ramya, A Krishnakumari, PT Dineshkumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the price of solar photovoltaic (PV) panel remains to fall owing to the consequence of
nation's energy policy proposals favouring sustainable and renewable energy solutions …

Analyzing an evacuated tube solar water heating system using twin-nano/paraffin as phase change material

ML Rinawa, SDA Selvasofia, PM Kumar… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, an effort has taken to improve the thermal storage capacity of the evacuated
tube solar water heating (SWH) system by means of a new kind of twin-nano/paraffin as a …

Augmenting the performance of conventional solar still through the nano-doped black paint (NDBP) coating on absorber

PM Kumar, CS Kumar, K Muralidharan… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar still has been proposed as a potential solution to tap potable water from the brackish
water in recent times. The absorber of the solar still is playing a pivotal role on the …