A review of recent passive heat transfer enhancement methods

SS Mousavi Ajarostaghi, M Zaboli, H Javadi… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improvements in miniaturization and boosting the thermal performance of energy
conservation systems call for innovative techniques to enhance heat transfer. Heat transfer …

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 …

Combination of nanofluid and inserts for heat transfer enhancement: gaps and challenges

S Rashidi, M Eskandarian, O Mahian… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Springer
Improving heat transfer is a critical subject for energy conservation systems which directly
affects economic efficiency of these systems. There are active and passive methods which …

Potentials of porous materials for energy management in heat exchangers–A comprehensive review

S Rashidi, MH Kashefi, KC Kim, O Samimi-Abianeh - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat exchangers are recognized as popular thermal devices with various and important
applications in industrial energy systems. Many techniques were employed in order to …

Applications of cascaded phase change materials in solar water collector storage tanks: a review

ME Zayed, J Zhao, AH Elsheikh, FA Hammad… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage plays a vital role to solve the problems related to the intermittent
nature of solar energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) have shown promising applications …

Experimental and numerical investigations of a single and double pass porous serpentine wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater

S Singh - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This research work presents the thermal performance investigation of a porous serpentine
wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater, experimentally and numerically. Experimental …

A review on the applications of porous materials in solar energy systems

S Rashidi, JA Esfahani, A Rashidi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
According to energy policies, it is necessary to replace electrical energy or fossil fuels by
renewable energy sources. Solar energy systems are recognized as one of these sources …

[HTML][HTML] A review of water heating technologies: An application to the South African context

PA Hohne, K Kusakana, BP Numbi - Energy Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The process of water heating consumes enormous amounts of energy. South African
households may see up to 40% of their total energy be allotted to the heating of water. The …

Effects of porous material and nanoparticles on the thermal performance of a flat plate solar collector: an experimental study

HJ Jouybari, S Saedodin, A Zamzamian, ME Nimvari… - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of a nanofluid flow through a flat plate solar collector with the metal
porous foam filled channel is experimentally investigated. For this purpose, the SiO …

Enhancement of solar still by reticular porous media: experimental investigation with exergy and economic analysis

S Rashidi, N Rahbar, MS Valipour… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, an experimental study with the exergy analysis are performed to investigate
the application of a reticular porous insert in a single slope solar still for performance …