Performance evaluation of a solar water heater integrated with a PCM nanocomposite TES at various inclinations

• Main Authors: Al-Kayiem, Hussain H., Lin, S.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/11558/1/Saw%20in%20SE%201.pdf; http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/11558/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/solar-energy
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The present work presents and analyzes the results acquired from outdoor experimental measurements of a flat plate solar collector integrated with built-in thermal energy storage. Paraffin wax as a PCM and a nanocomposite of paraffin wax with 1.0. wt% of 20-nm nano-Cu particles were tested as the en...