A critical review on heat transfer augmentation of phase change materials embedded with porous materials/foams

HM Ali, MM Janjua, U Sajjad, WM Yan - International Journal of Heat and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) is promising media for thermal energy storage owing to its
extensive value of latent heat (140–970 KJ/Kg). However, thermal conductivity of PCMs is …

A review of the composite phase change materials: Fabrication, characterization, mathematical modeling and application to performance enhancement

P Zhang, X Xiao, ZW Ma - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are frequently and widely used in latent thermal energy
storage (LTES) system and thermal management (TM) system due to their large latent heats …

Cellulose-based aerogels from sugarcane bagasse for oil spill-cleaning and heat insulation applications

QB Thai, ST Nguyen, DK Ho, T Du Tran, DM Huynh… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
A promising and economic material for various applications, such as thermal insulation in
construction building and oil clean-up in marine ecosystems, is successfully developed from …

Morphological characterization and applications of phase change materials in thermal energy storage: A review

X Huang, G Alva, Y Jia, G Fang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM), stores and releases heat at a particular required temperature
as it undergoes phase change at that temperature. Because of their large latent heat and …

Effective thermal conductivity of open-cell metal foams impregnated with pure paraffin for latent heat storage

X Xiao, P Zhang, M Li - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
The thermal conductivity of phase change material (PCM) significantly affects the thermal
performance of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system, which is attractive for …

Multifunctional periodic cellular metals

HNG Wadley - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Periodic cellular metals with honeycomb and corrugated topologies are widely used for the
cores of light weight sandwich panel structures. Honeycombs have closed cell pores and …

Effects on thermophysical properties of carbon based nanofluids: experimental data, modelling using regression, ANFIS and ANN

AAAA Alrashed, MS Gharibdousti, M Goodarzi… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Viscosity, density and thermal conductivity of Diamond-COOH and MWCNT-COOH
nanoparticles dispersed in water was studied without adding any surfactants or additives for …

Predictions of effective physical properties of complex multiphase materials

M Wang, N Pan - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
Theoretical prediction of effective properties for multiphase material systems is very
important not only to analysis and optimization of material performance, but also to new …

Phase change behaviour study of PCM tanks partially filled with graphite foam

C Zhao, M Opolot, M Liu, F Bruno, S Mancin… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to shorten the melting/solidification time of a high-temperature phase
change material (PCM) using graphite foam inserts. Specifically, the phase change …

Modeling and optimization of turbulent flow through PEM fuel cell cooling channels filled with metal foam-a comparison of water and air cooling systems

M Saeedan, E Afshari, M Ziaei-Rad - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the proposed methods to improve the performance of a proton exchange membrane
fuel cell is using metal foam within the channels. Here, we performed a 3D numerical …