TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase change materials based on nanoparticles for enhancing the performance of solar photovoltaic panels
T2 - A review
AU - Maghrabie, Hussein M.
AU - Elsaid, Khaled
AU - Sayed, Enas Taha
AU - Radwan, Ali
AU - Abo-Khalil, Ahmed G.
AU - Rezk, Hegazy
AU - Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali
AU - Olabi, A. G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Phase change materials (PCMs) are one of the promising materials in thermal energy storage (TES) systems, while commonly utilized PCMs have weak thermal conductivity. Therefore, elevating high relatively thermally conductivity for the PCM composites using various nanoparticles with different named the nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) is an encouraging solution for regulating the PV temperatures and hence prolonging the lifetime of the utilized photovoltaics. The present paper introduces the cooling methods of PV panels as well as reviews the PV/PCM systems. Additionally, the cooling of photovoltaics based on the NePCM methods are studied showing the preparing methods of the NePCM nanocomposites. The results indicated the dispersion of NPs into the PCMs modifies the thermo-physical properties of PCM like melting temperature, supercooling degree, heat of fusion, viscosity, etc., as well as the mass fraction of NPs affects remarkably the enhanced thermal conductivity (TC) of NePCM nanocomposites. Thus, the NePCMs introduce superior characteristics of heat transfer as a result of intensifying the TC of PCM. Therefore, adding the nanoparticles to the PCM had a noteworthy potential for intensification the thermos-physical properties of PCM so it is a promising choice for TES in solar photovoltaics applications.
AB - Phase change materials (PCMs) are one of the promising materials in thermal energy storage (TES) systems, while commonly utilized PCMs have weak thermal conductivity. Therefore, elevating high relatively thermally conductivity for the PCM composites using various nanoparticles with different named the nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) is an encouraging solution for regulating the PV temperatures and hence prolonging the lifetime of the utilized photovoltaics. The present paper introduces the cooling methods of PV panels as well as reviews the PV/PCM systems. Additionally, the cooling of photovoltaics based on the NePCM methods are studied showing the preparing methods of the NePCM nanocomposites. The results indicated the dispersion of NPs into the PCMs modifies the thermo-physical properties of PCM like melting temperature, supercooling degree, heat of fusion, viscosity, etc., as well as the mass fraction of NPs affects remarkably the enhanced thermal conductivity (TC) of NePCM nanocomposites. Thus, the NePCMs introduce superior characteristics of heat transfer as a result of intensifying the TC of PCM. Therefore, adding the nanoparticles to the PCM had a noteworthy potential for intensification the thermos-physical properties of PCM so it is a promising choice for TES in solar photovoltaics applications.
KW - Energy storage system
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - NePCM
KW - Phase change material
KW - Solar photovoltaics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.est.2021.103937
DO - 10.1016/j.est.2021.103937
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85123637015
SN - 2352-152X
VL - 48
JO - Journal of Energy Storage
JF - Journal of Energy Storage
M1 - 103937
ER -