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 …

Integration of emerging PCMs and nano-enhanced PCMs with different solar water heating systems for sustainable energy future: A systematic review

SK Pathak, VV Tyagi, K Chopra, R Rejikumar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water heaters (SWHs) are primarily used to generate hot water to meet daily needs in
domestic and industrial applications. Due to its technical and economic practicality, solar …

A comprehensive review of nano-enhanced phase change materials on solar energy applications

S Shoeibi, H Kargarsharifabad, SAA Mirjalily… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
More and more studies are today focusing on solar systems owing to the increasing
awareness about global warming caused by conventional energy technologies and techno …

Preparation, thermal conductivity, and applications of nano–enhanced phase change materials (NEPCMs) in solar heat collection: a review

Q Wang, L Yang, J Song - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have excellent heat storage capacity and their phase
transition temperature is close to constant, they have been widely used in the field of solar …

Effects of various types of nanomaterials on PCM melting process in a thermal energy storage system for solar cooling application using CFD and MCMC methods

MA Alazwari, M Algarni, MR Safaei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems are attractive for bridging the energy
supply and demand gap. In such systems, reducing storage time is critical, especially for …

Recent progresses and challenges in cooling techniques of concentrated photovoltaic thermal system: A review with special treatment on phase change materials …

MA Fikri, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) system is one of the efficient and economical photovoltaics
(PV) technologies. The fundamental principle of using CPV system is a substitution of …

Application and research progress of phase change energy storage in new energy utilization

Y Gao, X Zhang, X Xu, L Liu, Y Zhao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of phase change energy storage technology in the utilization of new energy
can effectively solve the problem of the mismatch between the supply and demand of energy …

Evaluation of nanostructured GNP and CuO compositions in PCM-based heat sinks for photovoltaic systems

M Moein-Jahromi, H Rahmanian-Koushkaki… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Passive cooling of photovoltaic systems through phase change material has been
demonstrated as an effective method of improving the electrical efficiency of the systems …

A comprehensive review on thermophysical properties and solar thermal applications of organic nano composite phase change materials

J Paul, K Kadirgama, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent advancements in phase change materials (PCM) have made them emerge as a
novel class of materials to be deployed in thermal energy storage. An effective strategy to …

A numerical study on the effects of nanoparticles and stair fins on performance improvement of phase change thermal energy storages

ME Nakhchi, M Hatami, M Rahmati - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Using nano-enhanced phase change materials is a widespread passive method to improve
the melting performance, and also the storage capacity of the thermal energy storage units …