Performance enhancement of flat plate solar collectors is an endless research direction as it represents the most used solar technology.The enhancement could be achieved via design alteration,absorber-installed protrusions,and integration with thermal energy storage.The objective of the current research is to evaluate a compacted solar collector integrated with octadecane organic paraffin PCM(phase change materials)as a thermal energy storage medium.The investigations have been performed numerically utilizing ANSYS software.Thermal storage contains the PCM securely encased behind the absorbent plate of the collector in four packing containers.The investigations have been performed without thermal energy storage and with nanoencapsulated thermal energy storage at 5%and 10%volume fractions.The optimal blend for the ongoing inquiry comprises two constituents:particulate octadecane and water as the primary fluid of operation.The findings suggest that in the morning,the nano-encapsulated PCM falls somewhere in the middle,between the absorbent copper plate’s temperature and the fluid temperature flowing out of the collector.However,the collector’s heat output is insufficient tomelt this thermal energy storagewhen its temperature drops overnight.5%by volume of nanoparticles was determined to be the ideal concentration.While increasing the volume percentage of nanoparticles inside PCM can sometimes boost the temperature of the fluid exiting,it does not necessarily improve performance.