[HTML][HTML] Medium temperature heat pipes–Applications, challenges and future direction

TC Werner, Y Yan, T Karayiannis, V Pickert… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat pipes have played a large part in the thermal management market for the past five
decades and have contributed to the development and optimisation of countless …

Solar thermal potential of phase change material based U-pipe ETSCs for different climatic zones: Evaluating energy matrices and economic viability

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, AK Pandey - Sustainable Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing evacuated tubes as solar collectors grips significant hot water needs in domestic
and commercial buildings. This study focuses on designing and developing U-pipe …

[HTML][HTML] Trending applications of phase change materials in sustainable thermal engineering: An up-to-date review

M Morciano, M Fasano, E Chiavazzo… - Energy Conversion and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The on-going search for increasingly sustainable and efficient thermal energy management
across a wide range of sectors leads to continuous exploration of innovative solutions. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Performance evaluation of an enhanced self-storing evacuated tube solar collector in residential water heating application

M Aramesh, B Shabani - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) offer higher levels energy storage density than
conventional hot water tanks commonly used with solar hot water systems. The present …

Comparison and evaluation of energetic and exergetic performance of an evacuated tube solar collector using various nanofluid

Y Tong, R Wang, S Wang, H Wang, L Huang… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in renewable energy sources cause the worsening impact of
fossil fuel development and abuse on the ecological environment. Solar collectors are major …

Optimizing the thermal performance and heat losses of self-stored U-tube based ETC for residential water heating applications: A combined experimental and …

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, S Popli, K Chopra… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using evacuated tubes as solar collectors has immense potential for residential and
industrial water heating. The primary goal of this research is to develop an annular copper …

Impact of myristic acid on novel designed manifold assimilated with domestic solar water heater: An experimental approach

K Chopra, VV Tyagi, S Popli, P Kumawat… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, myristic acid as heat storage material was assimilated with a novel designed
manifold of evacuated tube solar collector (EVTSC). The foremost advantage of this design …

Potential of solar thermal collector combined with dual phase change materials for different energy demands: An energy, economic, and environmental assessment

K Chopra, VV Tyagi, RB Enosh, P Kumawat… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, three different types of solar thermal systems ie ETSC-A (lauric acid integrated
with a hot water tank), ETSC-B (lauric acid integrated with hot water tank and palmitic acid …

Integration of thermal energy storage materials in heat pipe evacuated tube solar collector systems for enhanced solar thermal performance

DM Hachim, AA Eidan, MJ Alshukri… - Computational …, 2024 - dl.begellhouse.com
This study investigates integrating thermal energy storage materials (TESM) with a heat pipe
evacuated tube solar collector (HP-ETSC) in a water tank. Three TESMs (paraffin wax …

Heat Transfer Enhancements Assessment in Hot Water Generation with Phase Change Materials (PCMs): A Review

DI Berrocal, J Blandon Rodriguez… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The utilization of phase change materials (PCMs) in solar water heating systems (SWHS)
has undergone notable advancements, driven by a rising demand for systems delivering …