Recent advances on the applications of phase change materials for solar collectors, practical limitations, and challenges: A critical review

A Mourad, A Aissa, Z Said, O Younis, M Iqbal… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is the most serious problem humanity faces in the twenty-first century. To
avoid additional global warming, the world must transition away from fossil fuels and toward …

A comprehensive review of advanced hybrid technologies that improvement the performance of solar dryers: Photovoltaic/thermal panels, solar collectors, energy …

A Khalil, AM Khaira, RH Abu-Shanab, M Abdelgaied - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar dryers are a well-known technology was utilize to dry various agricultural and food
products. There are some limitations to the use of open sun drying but these limitations can …

Simulation of solar thermal panel systems with nanofluid flow and PCM for energy consumption management of buildings

T Hai, A Abidi, L Wang, AM Abed, MZ Mahmoud… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study simulates a solar thermal panel using the finite element method (FEM) in
COMSOL Multiphysics. A cropper pipe of a water-Al 2 O 3 nanofluid flow was used under a …

Evaluation of performance, energy, and exergy analysis of a solar parabolic dish collector connected to a dryer with nanofluid and PCM

MSB Jahromi, V Kalantar… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the utilization of an indirect solar drying system
coupled with a solar parabolic dish collector for drying the medicinal plant Teucrium polium …

State-of-the-art review on performance enhancement of photovoltaic/thermal system integrated with phase change materials

Y Xiao, P Huang, G Wei, L Cui, C Xu, X Du - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technologies have attracted great attention and have been
widely studied in recent years. Taking phase change material (PCM) as the cooling and …

Experimental study on the solar drying of Rhubarb (Rheum ribes L.) with parabolic trough collector assisted with air recycling system, nanofluid and energy storage …

HS Akhijahani, P Salami, M Iranmanesh… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work the thermo-economical calculation of dried Rhubarb slices in a dryer
integrated parabolic trough solar collector assisted with air recycling mechanism and Al 2 O …

Advancements in solar assisted drying technologies: A comprehensive review post 2017

PR Chanda, B Podder, A Biswas… - Journal of Stored Products …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar drying has gained significant popularity for drying agricultural and food products in
recent years. This review presents a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in solar …

Effects of aspect ratio and inlet wind velocity on thermal characteristics of Trombe wall channel under different ventilation strategies: An indoor experiment

SY Wu, LF Wu, L Xiao - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the air flow channel's “C”-shaped structure with asymmetric thermal boundary
conditions, the structural and operating parameters have unique intrinsic impacts on overall …

Modelling and analysis of photovoltaic-thermal-thermoelectric-cooler air collector integrated mixed-mode greenhouse dryer with heat storage material

AP Singh, S Tiwari, H Sinhmar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
This research article focuses on the exergy and energy analysis of a photovoltaic thermal-
thermoelectric cooler (PVT-TEC) air collector integrated mixed-mode greenhouse dryer …

Experimental forced convection greenhouse and indirect cabinet drying of date fruits: a comparative study

M Kumar, Shimpy, RK Sahdev, SK Sansaniwal… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Springer
This article is a comparison of the date fruits drying performance of two most simple and
common type of solar dryers. A simple even span type forced convection greenhouse dryer …