Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal thermal energy storage: A techno-economic literature review

T Yang, W Liu, GJ Kramer, Q Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) holds great promise for storing summer heat for
winter use. It allows renewable resources to meet the seasonal heat demand without …

Numerical investigation for concentrated photovoltaic solar system in existence of paraffin equipped with MWCNT nanoparticles

M Sheikholeslami - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
To generate greater electricity and heat saving, a concentrated PVT (Photovoltaic thermal)
system was applied in current study. The thermal section of the unit includes tubes …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal sizing of renewable energy storage: A techno-economic analysis of hydrogen, battery and hybrid systems considering degradation and seasonal …

TS Le, TN Nguyen, DK Bui, TD Ngo - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy storage is essential to address the intermittent issues of renewable energy systems,
thereby enhancing system stability and reliability. This paper presents the design and …

Potential of phase change materials and their effective use in solar thermal applications: A critical review

V Goel, A Saxena, M Kumar, A Thakur… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential of the thermal energy storage materials especially phase change materials (PCM)
is great support to the thermal systems for their performance enhancement especially for …

Improving the energy discharging performance of a latent heat storage (LHS) unit using fractal-tree-shaped fins

C Zhang, J Li, Y Chen - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The fractal tree-shaped structure has been demonstrated as a promising optimization
method to maximize the point-area heat flow access. Aiming to enhance the energy …

Classification and assessment of energy storage systems

MS Guney, Y Tepe - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing electricity generation from renewable resources has side effects on power
grid systems, because of daily and seasonally intermittent nature of these sources …

Heat transfer enhancement of nano-encapsulated phase change material (NEPCM) using metal foam for thermal energy storage

WQ Li, SJ Guo, L Tan, LL Liu, W Ao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study provides a new shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) composite for
enhanced thermal energy storage with nano-encapsulated phase change material …

A comprehensive study on the progressive development and applications of solar air heaters

V Goel, VS Hans, S Singh, R Kumar, SK Pathak… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar
radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …

Heat transfer reduction in buildings by embedding phase change material in multi-layer walls: Effects of repositioning, thermophysical properties and thickness of PCM

ZX Li, AAAA Al-Rashed, M Rostamzadeh… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Passive latent heat thermal energy storage approach incorporating phase change materials
(PCM) is a brilliant technique to tackle high energy consumption issue in buildings. This …