Recent advances of low-temperature cascade phase change energy storage technology: A state-of-the-art review

L Liu, S Shao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspective of the system, cascade phase change energy storage (CPCES)
technology provides a promising solution. Numerous studies have thoroughly investigated …

Phase change materials in food: Phase change temperature, environmental friendliness, and systematization

C Hu, L Sha, C Huang, W Luo, B Li, H Huang… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Development of energy-efficient temperature-control methods is a topic of great
interest in the food sector. Temperature buffering and energy storage during food storage …

Experimental evaluation of the effect of perforated spiral fins on the thermal performance of latent heat storage units

F He, B Yan, J Zou, C Hu, X Meng, W Gao - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The spiral fins are widely employed as an innovative fin configuration in latent heat storage
units (LHSU) to improve the poor thermal conductivity of Phase Change Material (PCM). Its …

Cascading latent heat thermal energy storage in parabolic trough solar collector as a promising solution: An experimental investigation

K Bagherzadeh, V Piroozmand, R Ahmadi - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy system can be considered as a reliable energy source if it connects to a latent
heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system using phase change materials (PCMs). To …

Phase change materials embedded with tuned porous media to alleviate overcharging problem of cascaded latent heat storage system for building heating

Y Shen, S Liu, AR Mazhar, J Wang, Y Li - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Cascaded latent heat storage (CLHS) has been used for building heating to balance
renewable energy supply–demand mismatch and improve thermodynamic performance. In …

Thermal performance investigation of a novel medium-temperature pilot-scale latent heat storage system at different charging and discharging temperatures

L Lv, S Huang, Y Zou, X Wang, H Zhou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-capacity medium-temperature latent heat storage (LHS) systems have the potential to
be extensively utilized for waste heat recovery and peak load shifting. However, the phase …

Thermal investigation and parametric analysis of cascaded latent heat storage system enhanced by porous media

Y Shen, S Liu, H Jin, AR Mazhar, S Zhang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cascaded latent heat storage (CLHS) has become a promising solution to the recovery and
utilization of thermal energy. Many studies optimized the inlet temperature and velocity of …

Thermal, exergy and economic analysis of a cascaded packed-bed tank with multiple phase change materials for district cooling system

YL Shao, KY Soh, MR Islam, KJ Chua - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In Singapore's industry, the required temperature of a district cooling system's outlet and
return water are 5° C and 12° C, respectively. Thus far, few researches have been reported …

Silicon porous disc featured parabolic trough collector functioned with paraffin: Thermal performance study

V Mohanavel, K Logesh, P Sharma… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of renewable solar energy has potential for industrial heat exchanger
applications, and its performance is enhanced by using nanofluid. Besides, the losses of …

Influence of the storage orientation and shell shape on the melting dynamics of shell and tube-type cascade latent heat storage

S Jain, KR Kumar, D Rakshit, B Premachandran… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage is one of the cost-competitive storage solutions for various temperature
applications (paraffin having a melting temperature of− 30℃ used for ultra-low temperature …