A review of melting and freezing processes of PCM/nano-PCM and their application in energy storage

S Rostami, M Afrand, A Shahsavar, M Sheikholeslami… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are capable of storing energy as latent energy by changing
the phase and provide the stored energy when they are returned to their initial phase at a …

Simulation of nanofluid heat transfer in presence of magnetic field: a review

M Sheikholeslami, HB Rokni - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2017 - Elsevier
Existence of magnetic field causes heat transfer to reduce in free convection but in several
engineering uses for example: electronic application; enhancing heat transfer is a purpose …

Enhancement of PCM melting rate via internal fin and nanoparticles

M Arıcı, E Tütüncü, Ç Yıldız, D Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive numerical study is presented to investigate the melting process in a
square enclosure whose two facing walls are maintained at different constant temperatures …

[HTML][HTML] Combined effect of using porous media and nano-particle on melting performance of PCM filled enclosure with triangular double fins

SB Chen, S Saleem, MN Alghamdi, KS Nisar… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, a vertically oriented rectangular-shaped enclosure with triangular
shaped double fins filled with PCM was considered as a Latent Thermal Energy Storage …

Nanoparticle enhanced PCM applications for intensification of thermal performance in building: a review

AN Keshteli, M Sheikholeslami - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials have engrossed augmenting consideration
to remove the main limitation of PCMs in various industrial uses. Current article reports the …

A review on container geometry and orientations of phase change materials for solar thermal systems

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

Simulation of CuO-water nanofluid heat transfer enhancement in presence of melting surface

M Sheikholeslami, MK Sadoughi - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this report, impact of melting heat transfer on nanofluid heat transfer enhancement in
presence of magnetic field is simulated. Innovative numerical approach is utilized namely …

Simulation on PCM melting enhancement with double-fin length arrangements in a rectangular enclosure induced by natural convection

C Ji, Z Qin, S Dubey, FH Choo, F Duan - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
We numerically investigate the phase change melting enhancement in a latent heat thermal
energy storage (LHTES) unit by arranging the internal double-fin length. The schemes for …

Effect of mushy zone constant on the melting of a solid-liquid PCM under hyper-gravity conditions

VK Singh, A Patel - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mushy zone constant is an important parameter of the enthalpy-porosity method which
defines how the flow evolves within the cavity. The present numerical study investigates the …

Melting of nano-PCM inside a cylindrical thermal energy storage system: Numerical study with experimental verification

S Ebadi, SH Tasnim, AA Aliabadi, S Mahmud - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the current work, the melting process, heat transfer, and energy storage characteristics of
a bio-based nano-PCM in a vertical Cylindrical Thermal Energy Storage (C-TES) system are …