of TES.Figure 13.2 Step-by-step phase change process of a solid-liquid PCM.Figure 13.3 Classification of solid-liquid PCM [4].Figure 13.4 Schematic of solar pond.Figure 13.5 Domestic solar water heating system.Figure 13.6 Schematic of packed rock bed storage [10].Figure 13.7 SEM micrograph of microencapsulated paraffin.Figure 13.8 (a) PCM encapsulated in spheres [14]. (b) PCM encapsulated in panels...Figure 13.9 Solar water heater with encapsulated PCM.Figure 13.10 TIM-PCM wall of the test room.Figure 13.11 Schematic plan of PCM incorporation in buildings.Figure 13.12 Structure of a novel cooling RC-PCM wall.Figure 13.13 (a) Cold thermal energy storage tank. (b) Photographic view of heat...Figure 13.14 Cylindrical modules inserted into storage tank.Figure 13.15 Scheme of building energy system.Figure 13.16 ITC/TSM TRNSYS schematic.Figure 13.17 The design of plate heat exchanger.Figure 13.18 (a) The LHTES system with solar collector. (b) Schematic of experim...
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1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Global industrial energy consumption pattern by fuel in 2020 and 2050 ...Table 1.2 Various sources of energy.Table 1.3 Renewable energy sources, annual production, and global demand [40].Table 1.4 Energy conversion [11].Table 1.5 Difference in renewable and non-renewable energy sources.Table 1.6 Types of solar collectors [12].Table 1.7 Utilization of heat in industries and their operating temperature rang...Table 1.8 Types of solar energy applications and technologies involved in a syst...
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 First-generation PV cells.Table 2.2 Second-generation PV cells.Table 2.3 Third-generation PV cells.
3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Silicon solar module recycling processes [5] (Reproduced and obtained ...Table 3.2 Thin-film solar module recycling methods [5] (Reproduced and obtained ...Table 3.3 Comparison of solar-panel recycling technologies [4] (Reproduced and o...Table 3.4 Silicon solar modules recycling processes [31] (Reproduced and request...Table 3.5 Thin-film solar modules recycling processes [31] (Reproduced and reque...
4 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Key issues for recognizing high-efficiency multi-junction cells [32].Table 4.2 Influence of bottom cell BSF layer thickness on performances of the ce...Table 4.3 Efficiency of multi-junction cells [34].Table 4.4 Power conversion efficiency of multi-junction cells with stack structu...
5 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Comparison of several solar cell parameters.Table 5.2 Comparison of various cell performances of perovskite cell architectur...
6 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Chemical structures of natural dye classes [15].Table 6.2 Photovoltaic performance of DSSC utilizing various natural dyes as pho...
7 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Device structures and their efficiency [11].
8 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Photovoltaic properties of inorganic 2D material-based perovskite sola...
9 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Various ARC material with their reflection index [50].Table 12.2 Comparison of ARC coating techniques.
10 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Some commonly available SHS materials.Table 13.2 Some organic PCMs from the literatures [5–7].Table 13.3 Some inorganic PCMs from the literatures [6].Table 13.4 Some eutectic PCMs available in the literature [6, 8, 9].
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