A thermodynamic review on solar stills

A Saxena, E Cuce, AE Kabeel, M Abdelgaied, V Goel - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The supply and quality of water is still a problem in undeveloped or developing nations.
Researchers from different countries have developed various distillation or desalination …

PCM-assisted energy storage systems for solar-thermal applications: Review of the associated problems and their mitigation strategies

V Goel, A Dwivedi, R Kumar, R Kumar… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat energy storage (LHES) system is identified as one of the major research areas in
recent years to be used in various solar-thermal applications. However, there are various …

Solar cooker with tracking-type bottom reflector: An experimental thermal performance evaluation of a new design

MA Tawfik, AA Sagade, R Palma-Behnke, M Hanan… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To fulfil the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, the solar cooker is
one of the key devices. The objective of this work is to propose a new design of solar cooker …

Design and performance characteristics of a solar box cooker with phase change material: A feasibility study for Uttarakhand region, India

A Kumar, A Saxena, SD Pandey, SK Joshi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the thermal performance of a low-cost solar box cooker (SBC) has been
improved through the concept of extended fins and heat storage medium. To achieve the …

Design and thermal performance investigation of a box cooker with flexible solar collector tubes: An experimental research

A Saxena, E Cuce, GN Tiwari, A Kumar - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, solar cookers have been technologically promoted by most of the national
governments as renewable and sustainable cooking system round the globe. In the present …

Performance comparison of two solar cooking storage pots combined with wonderbag slow cookers for off-sunshine cooking

A Mawire, K Lentswe, P Owusu, A Shobo, J Darkwa… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Two similar storage cooking pots are experimentally evaluated and compared during solar
cooking and storage off-sunshine cooking periods. One storage pot has sunflower oil as the …

An experimental comparative analysis of the appropriateness of different sensible heat storage materials for solar cooking

A Saxena, SK Joshi, P Gupta, V Tirth… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a significant energy source of outstanding sustainability, mainly used for
heating and power production. There are numerous energy storage materials through which …

Design and thermal performance evaluation of an air heater with low cost thermal energy storage

A Saxena, P Verma, G Srivastava, N Kishore - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present experimental study a modified solar air heater (SAH) has been tested which
integrated with cylindrical copper tube carrying low cost thermal energy storage (TES) …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation and economic analysis of an innovative indoor solar cooking system with energy storage

C Zhou, Y Wang, J Li, X Ma, Q Li, M Yang, X Zhao… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy technology and energy storage technology are promising to make a
contribution to current energy and global climate issue. The energy demand of daily cooking …

Ensuring self-sustainability in decentralized communities through solar cookers combined with food dryers

NA Sagade, AA Sagade, MA Tawfik, A Saxena - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the background of the COVID 2019 pandemic, the importance of developing realistic and
efficient decentralized energy solutions is one of the essential requirements. This paper …