In this review we aim at providing an up-to-date and comprehensive overview on the use of
additives within selected Phase Change Materials (PCMs) from both an experimental and …

The increasing use of renewable energy sources has highlighted the importance of energy
storages, and in particular of latent heat thermal energy storages (LHTESs). Among the …

Xylitol with high latent heat of 243.28 kJ/kg and a significant supercooling degree has been
considered to be a potential phase change material (PCM) for long-term thermal energy …

The adoption of appropriate phase change materials (PCMs) is deemed to be the primary
step during the course of application of latent heat storage technology. As a class of …

Towards latent heat storage in the low-to-medium temperature range (70–250° C),
screening of sugar alcohols and their binary eutectic mixtures as potential phase change …

Among the three basic states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas), the liquid state has always
eluded general theoretical approaches for describing liquid energy and heat capacity. In this …

During the past decade sugar alcohols have been extensively studied for thermal storage
purposes. One of the recent focuses of research has been in improving their heat charge …

The transportation of thermal energy is essential for users who are located far away from
heat sources. The networks connecting them achieve the goal in efficient heat delivery and …

Sugar alcohols are a type of organic solid-liquid phase-change materials with high latent
heat-storage capacity and low cost and have been considered as a promising candidate for …

Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) plays a significant role in
energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy utilization. However, pristine PCMs …