Recent advancements in PV cooling and efficiency enhancement integrating phase change materials based systems–A comprehensive review

HM Ali - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, researchers are fascinated to counter problem of PV-efficiency decline
arising from high operating temperatures, especially in hot climates. This article conducts a …

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 …

Energy and exergy analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal-air collector modified with nano-enhanced latent heat thermal energy storage unit

F Selimefendigil, C Şirin - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrical and thermal energy can be generated simultaneously by using photovoltaic-
thermal (PVT) systems. Also, electrical efficiency can be enhanced by cooling the PV panel …

Evaluation of the nanofluid and nano-PCM based photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system: An experimental study

AHA Al-Waeli, K Sopian, MT Chaichan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increase in the PV cell temperature ultimately causes a reduction in its effectiveness.
One of the new methods used to retain that efficiency is to establish a hybrid photovoltaic …

Phase change materials and nano-enhanced phase change materials for thermal energy storage in photovoltaic thermal systems: A futuristic approach and its …

RR Kumar, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems have emerged as an imperative
research area due to the escalating demand for energy worldwide. Phase change materials …

Implementation of phase change materials for thermal regulation of photovoltaic thermal systems: Comprehensive analysis of design approaches

S Nižetić, M Jurčević, D Čoko, M Arıcı, AT Hoang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work was focused on the investigation of various photovoltaic thermal (PVT) solar
collector designs incorporating phase change materials (PVT-PCM systems) as suitable …

Numerical investigation and parametric analysis of a photovoltaic thermal system integrated with phase change material

A Kazemian, A Salari, A Hakkaki-Fard, T Ma - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a comprehensive three-dimensional model of photovoltaic thermal system
integrated with phase change material (PVT/PCM) is developed and simulated. The effect of …

Energy and exergy analysis of nanofluid based photovoltaic thermal system integrated with phase change material

M Hosseinzadeh, M Sardarabadi, M Passandideh-Fard - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of simultaneous use of ZnO/water nanofluid with 0.2 wt% as the
coolant as well as an organic paraffin wax as the phase change material (PCM) on the …

Comparison of prediction methods of PV/T nanofluid and nano-PCM system using a measured dataset and artificial neural network

AHA Al-Waeli, K Sopian, HA Kazem, JH Yousif… - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) system was proposed, built and tested. Three
various types of cooling were proposed: tank filled with water and water flows through the …

Evaluation of a nanofluid-based concentrating photovoltaic thermal system integrated with finned PCM heatsink: An experimental study

A Kouravand, A Kasaeian, F Pourfayaz, MAV Rad - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Concentrating photovoltaic is an efficient system to implement instead of single photovoltaic
modules. Nevertheless, the PV performance and life span would decrease by increasing the …