relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/3877/
title: Experimental investigation on the effect of PCM and Nano-enhanced PCM of integrated solar collector performance
creator: Saw, C.L.
creator: Al-Kayiem, H.H.
creator: Owolabi, A.L.
description: 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° inclination angle, with PCM and nano-PCM, hot water at 40.2°C and 40.8°C was produced the following morning. However, without the PCM case hot water was produced at 35.2°C. The system was enhanced by 6.9 and 8.4 respectively when PCM and nano-PCM were used. © 2013 WIT Press.
publisher: WITPress
date: 2013
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Saw, C.L. and Al-Kayiem, H.H. and Owolabi, A.L.  (2013) Experimental investigation on the effect of PCM and Nano-enhanced PCM of integrated solar collector performance.  WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 179 VO.  pp. 899-909.  ISSN 17433541     
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relation: 10.2495/SC130762
identifier: 10.2495/SC130762