TY  - JOUR
N1  - cited By 19
TI  - Application of nanomaterials in solar thermal energy storage
SP  - 1555
AV  - none
EP  - 1577
PB  - Springer Verlag
SN  - 09477411
IS  - 6
N2  - Solar thermal conversion technology harvests the sunâ??s energy, rather than fossil fuels, to generate low-cost, low/zero-emission energy in the form of heating, cooling or electrical form for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The advent of nanofluids and nanocomposites or phase change materials, is a new field of study which is adapted to enhance the efficiency of solar collectors. The concepts of thermal energy storage technologies are investigated and the role of nanomaterials in energy conversion is discussed. This review revealed that although the exploitation of nanomaterials will boost the performance of solar collectors almost in all cases, this would be accompanied by certain challenges such as production cost, instability, agglomeration and erosion. Earlier studies have dealt with the enhancement of thermal conductivity and heat capacity; however, less attention has been given to the facing challenges. Moreover, no exact criteria can be found for the selection of appropriate nanomaterials and their properties for a specific application. In most research studies, the nanoparticlesâ?? material and properties have not been selected based on estimated values so that all the aspects of desired application could be considered simultaneously. The wide spread use of nanomaterials can lead to cost effective solutions as well. Therefore, it seems there should be a sense of techno-economic optimization in exploiting nanomaterials for solar thermal energy storage applications. The optimization should cover the key parameters, particularly nanoparticle type, size, loading and shape which depends on the sort of application and also dispersion technology. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
ID  - scholars10295
KW  - Collector efficiency; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Dispersions; Energy conversion; Energy storage; Fossil fuels; Heat storage; Nanofluidics; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Phase change materials; Solar collectors; Solar energy; Solar heating; Specific heat; Storage (materials); Thermal energy
KW  -  Cost-effective solutions; Dispersion technologies; Industrial sector; Production cost; Research studies; Solar thermal conversion; Solar thermal energy; Techno-economics
KW  -  Thermal conductivity
JF  - Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung
A1  - Shamshirgaran, S.R.
A1  - Khalaji Assadi, M.
A1  - Viswanatha Sharma, K.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85039701558&doi=10.1007%2fs00231-017-2259-1&partnerID=40&md5=0eff5c657d3f98660dacefd8d100ddd7
VL  - 54
Y1  - 2018///
ER  -