Applications of nucleate boiling in renewable energy and thermal management and recent advances in modeling——a review

S Ni, C Pan, T Hibiki, J Zhao - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Notwithstanding the gradual substitution of conventional fossil fuels with sustainable
energies, the enduring relevance of nucleate boiling persists, owing to its remarkable …

Progress of experimental studies on compact integrated solar collector-storage retrofits adopting phase change materials

G Sadeghi, M Mehrali, M Shahi, G Brem, A Mahmoudi - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The unpredictability of heat demand–supply is one of the major challenges in our future
sustainable energy system. Thus, coming up with new methods of heat storage for operating …

Technical and economic analysis of a novel low-cost concentrated medium-temperature solar collector

Y Bhusal, A Hassanzadeh, L Jiang, R Winston - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, performance of a novel concentrated solar thermal collector with
evacuated tube is studied. The focus is the optimization of cost and performance in respect …

Dynamic performance analysis of a solar driving absorption chiller integrated with absorption thermal energy storage

M Liu, Y Cheng, W Cheng, C Zhan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of a solar-powered absorption chiller for residential cooling is impeded by the
instability and intermittency of solar energy with time. Integrating the absorption heat storage …

Slotted metallic nanospheres with both electric and magnetic resonances for solar thermal conversion

C Qin, Q Zhu, X Li, C Sun, M Chen, X Wu - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to its excellent optical characteristics, plasmonic nanoparticles have attracted great
interest for the application in the direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs). The optical …

Comparative and performative investigation of various data-based and conventional theoretical methods for modelling heat pipe solar collectors

A Shafieian, H Parastvand, M Khiadani - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar collector, as the key component of any solar system, has always been the focal point of
research in the field of solar energy. Based on the literature, data-based methods, which …

Investigation of thermal performance and charging/discharging characteristics of finned coaxial evacuated tube collector filled with phase change material

A Uniyal, YK Prajapati, D Kumar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Present numerical model simulates the charging (melting), discharging (solidification) and
heat transfer phenomenon of a phase change material (PCM) filled in the finned type coaxial …

A comprehensive review on solar cooker with sun tracking system

PK Devan, C Bibin, S Gowtham, G Hariharan… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays petroleum-based energy sources rule the largest energy consuming domestic
sector across worldwide. The energy used for cooking is the most important in the energy …

Novel solar collector: Evaluating the impact of nanoparticles added to the collector's working fluid, heat transfer fluid temperature and flow rate

H Fathabadi - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel parabolic trough solar collector is presented, it has been built, and the impact of
nanoparticles added to the collector's working fluid, heat transfer fluid (HTF) temperature …

Thermal performance analysis of a co-axial evacuated tube collector with single and two-phase flow consideration under North-eastern India climatic condition

BR Tamuli, SS Saikia, S Nath, D Bhanja - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The standard condition for evaluation of solar heating system considers solar insolation of
1000 W/m 2 which provides a good estimation of the performance of the system, but not able …