Review on phase change materials for cold thermal energy storage applications

B Nie, A Palacios, B Zou, J Liu, T Zhang, Y Li - Renewable and sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) based thermal energy storage (TES) has proved to have
great potential in various energy-related applications. The high energy storage density …

Performance improvement of solar thermal systems integrated with phase change materials (PCM), a review

FS Javadi, HSC Metselaar, P Ganesan - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review is an extensive overview of the research progress obtained in the field of
Phase Change Material (PCM) integrated with solar thermal applications. Solar energy has …

A review of the applications of phase change materials in cooling, heating and power generation in different temperature ranges

K Du, J Calautit, Z Wang, Y Wu, H Liu - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage is an attractive technique as it can provide higher energy
storage density than conventional heat energy storage systems and has the capability to …

Strategies for phase change material application in latent heat thermal energy storage enhancement: Status and prospect

D Ghosh, J Ghose, P Datta, P Kumari, S Paul - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of phase change materials (PCMs) has enormous potential to store thermal energy
from a low-temperature heat source as well as from waste heat as latent heat. The amount of …

Potential of latent thermal energy storage for performance improvement in small-scale refrigeration units: A review

TTM Rocha, M Teggar, PV Trevizoli… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, latent thermal energy storage has been a proven technology to
improve the performance of refrigeration appliances. In this work, an up to date literature …

Performance improvement and energy consumption reduction in refrigeration systems using phase change material (PCM)

S Bista, SE Hosseini, E Owens, G Phillips - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of various research investigations on the application of phase
change material (PCM) in refrigeration systems. Application of PCMs mostly in vapor …

A phase change material (PCM) based passively cooled container for integrated road-rail cold chain transportation–an experimental study

S Tong, B Nie, Z Li, C Li, B Zou, L Jiang, Y Jin… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports a phase change material (PCM) based passively cooled container for
integrated rail-road cold chain. It was equipped with cold energy storage plates containing …

Numerical investigations of fin efficacy for phase change material (PCM) based thermal control module

AN Desai, A Gunjal, VK Singh - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid-liquid phase change process has large isothermal heat absorption capacity. Hence,
phase change materials (PCM) has potential to achieve thermal control of electronic devices …

The effect of melting point and combination of phase change materials on the thermal control performance of small satellites in the thermal environment of low earth …

AM Elshaer, AMA Soliman, M Kassab… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal management of small satellites in the thermal environment of low earth orbit is a
crucial task. Any satellite in low earth orbit is subjected to two distinct thermal conditions for …

A comprehensive review of computational fluid dynamics simulation studies in phase change materials: applications, materials, and geometries

AM Soodmand, B Azimi, S Nejatbakhsh… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Springer
Thermal energy storage systems (TESS) have emerged as significant global concerns in the
design and optimization of devices and processes aimed at maximizing energy utilization …