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creators_name: Saw, C.L.
creators_name: Al-Kayiem, H.H.
creators_name: Owolabi, A.L.
title: Experimental investigation on the effect of PCM and Nano-enhanced PCM of integrated solar collector performance
ispublished: pub
keywords: equipment; experimental study; integrated approach; performance assessment; solar power; storage; thermal power
note: cited By 38
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° 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.
date: 2013
publisher: WITPress
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896066516&doi=10.2495%2fSC130762&partnerID=40&md5=e2c109361c0eb5965f77a25aa6df7625
id_number: 10.2495/SC130762
full_text_status: none
publication: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
volume: 179 VO
pagerange: 899-909
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 9781845647469
issn: 17433541
citation:   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