PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION OF SOLAR WATER HEATER INTEGRATED WITH PCM AND PCM NANOCOMPOSITE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

• Main Author: SAW, CHUN LIN
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22521/1/2013%20-MECHANICAL%20-%20PERFORMANCE%20INVESTIGATION%20OF%20SOLAR%20WATER%20HEATER%20INTEGRATED%20WITH%20PCM%20NANOCOMPOSITE%20THERMAL%20ENERGY%20STORAGE%20-%20SAW%20CHUN%20LIN.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22521/

A solar water heater is part of a solar thermal system which is mainly used for domestic water heating applications. The system performance is influenced by many designs and operating parameters and its functionality is governed by the solar radiation availability. The aim of this research has b...