Water Thermal Storage Type Solar Greenhouse

A Novel Type of Thermal Solar Water Disinfection Unit

A novel type of solar thermal water disinfection unit is presented in this work. The system is safe and easy to use and can be built with basic tools and widely available materials. In the unit, water is disinfected by temperature increase up to the boiling point and output is controlled by the change in density. For employing the change in density to control the water output, a dimensioning pr...

Thermal Analysis of Photovoltaic Integrated Greenhouse Solar Dryer

Abstract—Present study focused on the utilization of solar energy by the help of photovoltaic greenhouse solar dryer under forced mode. A single slope photovoltaic greenhouse solar dryer has been proposed and thermal modelling has been developed. Various parameters have been calculated by thermal modelling such as greenhouse room temperature, cell temperature, crop temperature and air temperatu...

Energy Consumption and Heat Storage in a Solar Greenhouse: Artificial Neural Network Method

In this study, the performance of a solar greenhouse heating system equipped with a linear parabolic concentrator and a dual-purpose flat plate solar collector‏ was investigated using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method. The heat required for the greenhouse at night hours was supplied by the heat stored in the storage tank by the solar system during the sunshine time and  an auxiliary he...

Experimental Studies on Phase Change Material-Based Thermal Energy Storage System for Solar Water Heating Applications

Abundantly available solar energy utilization for domestic and industrial applications is hindered because of its intermittent nature. The thermal energy storage (TES) system using both sensible and latent heat has many advantages like large heat storage capacity in a unit volume and its isothermal behavior during the charging and discharging processes. Because of these advantages, in recent ye...

Exploring the potential of a hybrid device combining solar water heating and molecular solar thermal energy storage