Solar-thermal conversion and thermal energy storage of graphene foam-based composites

“Solar and Thermal Energy Harvesting Textile Composites

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Graphene-based photovoltaic cells for near-field thermal energy conversion

Thermophotovoltaic devices are energy-conversion systems generating an electric current from the thermal photons radiated by a hot body. While their efficiency is limited in far field by the Schockley-Queisser limit, in near field the heat flux transferred to a photovoltaic cell can be largely enhanced because of the contribution of evanescent photons, in particular for a source supporting a su...

Thermal and Exergetic Analysis of Metal Foam-enhanced Cascaded Thermal Energy Storage (MF-CTES)

Metal Foam-enhanced Cascaded Thermal Energy Storage (MF-CTES) has been proposed to solve the problem of poor heat transfer during heat exchange process, which is caused by unavoidable decrease of temperature differences. This paper conducts a theoretical study examining the overall thermal performance of STES (Single-stage Thermal Energy Storage), CTES (Cascaded Thermal Energy Storage) and MF-C...

Modeling, Optimization and exergoeconomic analysis a multiple energy production system based on solar Energy, Wind Energy and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in the onshore region

In the present study, investigated an energy production system using three types of renewable energy: solar, wind and ocean thermal energy with climatic conditions and close to areas with high potential for the OTEC system, Has a good position in terms of wind speed and solar radiation, used them as energy sources. The proposed system is designed and evaluated based on the total daily electrici...

Pcm-graphite Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage