Investigation of numerical phase transition of nano-enhanced SiC/paraffin wax PCM in solar-assisted water desalination system

• Main Authors: Fayaz H., Ramesh S., Afzal A., A?bulut �., Afghan Khan S., Asif M., Raja V., Linul E.
• Other Authors: 37018106500
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2025
• Subjects: Desalination; Enthalpy; Flow of fluids; Heat transfer; Melting; Nanoparticles; Paraffins; Phase change materials; Silicon carbide; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Water filtration; Desalination systems; FVM; Heat energy; In-phase; Melting fraction; SiC/paraffin wax phase change material; Solar assisted; Solar water desalination; Solar waters; Water desalination; Entropy

Adding nanoparticles in phase change material (PCM) is a new trend for enhancing their thermal energy-storing ability as well as thermal conductivity. From this point of view, a numerical study is carried out to examine the addition of silicon carbide nanoparticles in paraffin wax PCM, used as heat...