Modeling of solar energy systems using artificial neural network: A comprehensive review

AH Elsheikh, SW Sharshir, M Abd Elaziz, AE Kabeel… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of different solar energy (SE) systems becomes one of the most important
solutions to the problem of the rapid increase in energy demand. This may be achieved by …

Energy, exergy, economic and environmental analyses of solar air heating systems with and without thermal energy storage for sustainable development: A systematic …

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, B Kalidasan… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heating is the most widely used for crop drying, building and space heating
applications due to its technological maturity and economic viability. Still, solar air heaters …

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 …

A review on recent developments in thermal performance enhancement methods of flat plate solar air collector

E Vengadesan, R Senthil - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent studies on thermal performance enhancement of the flat plate solar air collectors
are critically reviewed primarily regarding the absorber surface modifications, multiple …

A review on phase change materials for thermal energy storage in buildings: Heating and hybrid applications

K Faraj, M Khaled, J Faraj, F Hachem… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Researchers world-wide are investigating thermal energy storage, especially phase change
materials, for their substantial benefits in improving energy efficiency, sustaining thermal …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of solar air collector technologies: Performance evaluation, structure design and application analysis

J Zhang, T Zhu - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022 - Elsevier
A solar air collector (SAC) is a main device of a solar-thermal air system, which can absorb
solar radiation and transfer the absorbed thermal energy to the air. This paper presents a …

Experimental investigation of melting behaviour of phase change material in finned rectangular enclosures under different inclination angles

B Kamkari, D Groulx - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The deployment of phase change materials (PCMs) in practical applications is in large part
limited by the low thermal conductivity of the available PCMs. Hence, in this study …

Improvement of solar air heaters performance with PCM-filled baffles and storage bed

H Parsa, M Saffar-Avval, MR Hajmohammadi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are popular solar energy collection systems due to their simple
design and construction. However, conventional SAHs face limitations, including a small …