@article{scholars3877,
         journal = {WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment},
       publisher = {WITPress},
           pages = {899--909},
            year = {2013},
           title = {Experimental investigation on the effect of PCM and Nano-enhanced PCM of integrated solar collector performance},
          volume = {179 VO},
            note = {cited By 38},
             doi = {10.2495/SC130762},
            issn = {17433541},
          author = {Saw, C. L. and Al-Kayiem, H. H. and Owolabi, A. L.},
            isbn = {9781845647469},
        keywords = {equipment; experimental study; integrated approach; performance assessment; solar power; storage; thermal power},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896066516&doi=10.2495\%2fSC130762&partnerID=40&md5=e2c109361c0eb5965f77a25aa6df7625},
        abstract = {The availability of hot water is essential for overnight industrial and domestic use. Integrating the solar heater with thermal energy storage showed a promising result on hot water production when sunlight is not present. In the present work, an outdoor experimental investigation of a flat plate solar collector was carried out with PCM and nano-enhanced PCM. The phase change material (PCM) used in this experiment is paraffin wax. However, 1 weight fraction of 20nm copper nanoparticles was added to improve the properties of the compound. Three cases have been investigated, namely, without PCM, with PCM and with nano-enhanced PCM (nano-PCM). It was found that at the operational mode of 0.5 kg/min and at a 10{\^A}o inclination angle, with PCM and nano-PCM, hot water at 40.2{\^A}oC and 40.8{\^A}oC was produced the following morning. However, without the PCM case hot water was produced at 35.2{\^A}oC. The system was enhanced by 6.9 and 8.4 respectively when PCM and nano-PCM were used. {\^A}{\copyright} 2013 WIT Press.}
}