Sustainable phase change material developments for thermally comfortable smart buildings: A critical review

A Yadav, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The building industry is crucial in consuming vast quantities of energy in the modern era.
Therefore, it is essential to carry out cutting-edge alterations to reduce energy usage and …

A review of phase change materials in multi-designed tubes and buildings: testing methods, applications, and heat transfer enhancement

SC Saha, SF Ahmed, B Ahmed, T Mehnaz… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) can be used as a latent heat storage system which is a very
cost-efficient and affordable method for conserving thermal energy for future use. They are …

Emerging PEG/VO2 dual phase change materials for thermal energy storage

K Bai, C Li, B Xie, D Zhang, Y Lv, J Xiao, M He… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging PEG/VO 2 dual phase change materials (PCM) with phase transition temperature
gradients were prepared with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and vanadium dioxide (VO 2) …

Heat transfer augmentation of triplex type latent heat thermal energy storage using combined eccentricity and longitudinal fin

JR Patel, MK Rathod, M Sheremet - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The universe has shifted its focus from non-renewable to renewable energy sources from
the last decade. The limited availability of fossil fuels and pollution is the reason behind the …

Thermal management of the melting process in a latent heat triplex tube storage system using different configurations of frustum tubes

ME Tiji, WK Al-Azzawi, HI Mohammed… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the energy charging mechanism is mathematically modeled to determine the
impact of design modifications on the thermofluidic behavior of a phase change material …

Thermal performance of a plate-type latent heat thermal energy storage heat exchanger-An experimental investigation and simulation study

J Li, Y Zhang, Z Peng, X Zhang, J Zhai, Y Luo… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat storage is key to reducing the mismatch between energy supply and demand. The
performance of thermal energy storage heat exchangers is determined by the exchanger …

Numerical analysis of latent thermal energy storage system under double spirally coiled tube configuration with two separated paths

S Faghiri, R Ahmadi, S Akbari, MB Shafii - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current research attempts to illustrate results of a reliable 3-D numerical simulation to
scrutinize the charging process of paraffin as the phase change material (PCM) in an …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal performance analysis of compact thermal energy storage unit-An experimental study

M Fadl, D Mahon, PC Eames - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, an experimental setup is developed to assess the thermal performance of a
compact Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System (LHTESS) prototype during the …

Experimental study on melting enhancement of phase change material in a vertical cylindrical latent heat storage using a short concentric helical heat transfer tube

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are preferred in thermal energy storage (TES) for their
considerable heat storage capability even though it lacks thermal conductivity. The solid …

[HTML][HTML] Augmenting the thermal response of helical coil latent-heat storage systems with a central return tube configuration

JM Mahdi, AM Abed, HA Al-Saaidi, NB Khedher… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-temperature stratification, high-volumetric storage capacity, and less-complicated
material processing make phase-changing materials (PCMs) very suitable candidates for …