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Thermodynamic modeling and performance analysis of photovoltaic-thermal collectors integrated with phase change materials: Comprehensive energy and exergy analysis (2024)
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Phase change materials (PCMs) integrated with photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors can simultaneously generate and store electrical and thermal energy. However, design optimization requires accurate modeling of the complex heat transfer processes in... Read More about Thermodynamic modeling and performance analysis of photovoltaic-thermal collectors integrated with phase change materials: Comprehensive energy and exergy analysis.

Localized heating element distribution in composite metal foam-phase change material: Fourier's law and creeping flow effects (2021)
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A numerical parametric study is presented of a domestic thermal storage heat exchanger to explore the effect of highly localized positive temperature coefficient cylindrical heating elements in a phase change material (PCM) with conductive enhancemen... Read More about Localized heating element distribution in composite metal foam-phase change material: Fourier's law and creeping flow effects.

Energy recovery from domestic radiators using a compact composite metal Foam/PCM latent heat storage (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd With the increasing demand for energy consumption in domestic buildings and consequent CO2 emission, there is a need to provide proper products to reduce energy loss. Domestic radiators for space heating can be improved by using a... Read More about Energy recovery from domestic radiators using a compact composite metal Foam/PCM latent heat storage.

Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit (2019)
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This paper evaluates the discharging mechanism in a PCM (phase change material) to air heat exchanger for the purpose of space heating using a composite of copper foam and PCM. The composite system is modelled with both 2-D and 3-D computational flui... Read More about Discharge of a composite metal foam/phase change material to air heat exchanger for a domestic thermal storage unit.

Numerical study of a multiple-segment metal foam-PCM latent heat storage unit: Effect of porosity, pore density and location of heat source (2019)
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This study numerically investigates the performance of the melting process for a PCM based heat storage system under the effect of different variables in a vertical container with a copper metal foam. Different cases were studied and compared includi... Read More about Numerical study of a multiple-segment metal foam-PCM latent heat storage unit: Effect of porosity, pore density and location of heat source.

Multiphase flow and boiling heat transfer modelling of nanofluids in horizontal tubes embedded in a metal foam (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS The aim of this numerical study is to evaluate the boiling process of nanofluid in horizontal tubes in the presence of a metal foam as porous medium and represent the experimental work of Zhao et al. in a numerical aspect w... Read More about Multiphase flow and boiling heat transfer modelling of nanofluids in horizontal tubes embedded in a metal foam.

Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size (2019)
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The aim of this paper is to study the influence of enclosure size in latent heat thermal energy storage systems embedded in a porous medium for domestic usage of latent heat thermal energy storage heat exchangers. A 2-D rectangular enclosure is consi... Read More about Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size.

Energy and exergy analysis of two novel hybrid solar photovoltaic geothermal energy systems incorporating a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system and an earth air heat exchanger system (2019)
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In this paper, two novel configurations of the building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT)-compound earth-air heat exchanger (EAHE) system are proposed. Both the configurations operate in two modes, namely heating and cooling modes. In the heati... Read More about Energy and exergy analysis of two novel hybrid solar photovoltaic geothermal energy systems incorporating a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system and an earth air heat exchanger system.

Melting and solidification characteristics of a double-pipe latent heat storage system with sinusoidal wavy channels embedded in a porous medium (2019)
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The aim of this investigation is to explore the combined effects of porous medium and surface waviness on the melting and solidification of PCM inside a vertical double-pipe latent heat storage (LHTES) system. The results are compared with the cases... Read More about Melting and solidification characteristics of a double-pipe latent heat storage system with sinusoidal wavy channels embedded in a porous medium.