Open AccessThermal Energy Storage in Phase Change Material Integrated Solar Collectors for Air Heating Application
Author(s) -
V.V. Tyagi,
Dheeraj Kumar Nagilla,
Jeyraj Selvaraj,
K. Chopra,
Richa Kothari,
A.K. Pandey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1127/1/012006
Subject(s) - thermal energy storage , phase change material , environmental science , renewable energy , process engineering , solar energy , thermal , phase change , energy storage , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , solar air conditioning , nuclear engineering , meteorology , engineering physics , engineering , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , power (physics) , physics
Solar energy is an abundant source of renewable energy which can able to support the expansion of energy demand. This review paper represents a complete literature review on recent developments in the phase change material (PCM) based solar collectors for air heating applications such as building heating, greenhouse heating, etc. In this paper thermal efficiency of various types of storage based collector and their performance for air heating (SAH) applications have been discussed. Based on the literature, it has been found that compared to basic solar air heating (SAH) systems, the collector-storage based air heating systems are able to provide higher efficiency with their capacity to recover and utilize the stored heat at night or cold weather conditions. These storage based collectors can be efficiently utilized for applications requiring medium operating temperature range during daytime as well as night times.