A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application

X Wang, W Li, Z Luo, K Wang, SP Shah - Energy and buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Building construction deserves many attentions due to its huge energy consumption, while
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) provide positive solutions for improving energy efficiency …

Phase change materials application in battery thermal management system: a review

C Liu, D Xu, J Weng, S Zhou, W Li, Y Wan, S Jiang… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The purpose of a battery thermal management system (BTMS) is to maintain the battery
safety and efficient use as well as ensure the battery temperature is within the safe operating …

Heat transfer enhancement of phase-change materials (PCMs) based thermal management systems for electronic components: A review of recent advances

I Afaynou, H Faraji, K Choukairy, A Arshad… - … Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal control of electronic components using phase-change materials (PCMs) in heat
sinks is an efficient method that has attracted the attention of numerous researchers …

An experimental investigation of a PCM-based heat sink enhanced with a topology-optimized tree-like structure

JY Ho, YS See, KC Leong, TN Wong - Energy conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A heat sink filled with phase change material (PCM) is an efficient thermal management
device which utilizes the high latent heat of fusion of PCM in the cooling process. To improve …

Effect of fin material on PCM melting in a rectangular enclosure

LL Tian, X Liu, S Chen, ZG Shen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive study was conducted to analyse the effect of fin material on PCM melting
in a rectangular enclosure. Four commonly employed indicators, surface averaged Nusselt …

[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 …

Effect of a rotating cylinder on convective flow, heat and entropy production of a 3D wavy enclosure filled by a phase change material

NAA Qasem, A Abderrahmane, S Ahmed… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, phase change material (PCM), as a thermal energy storage medium, is
considered within a 3D wavy cubic enclosure to investigate the effect of free and mixed …

Performance enhancement of latent heat storage systems by using extended surfaces and porous materials: A state-of-the-art review

M Teggar, SSM Ajarostaghi, Ç Yıldız, M Arıcı… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) is a widely accepted technology because of its
high energy density at nearly constant operating temperature. The main disadvantage of …

Anisotropic metal foam design for improved latent heat thermal energy storage in a tilted enclosure

M Ghalambaz, M Aljaghtham, AJ Chamkha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The metal foams are a promising candidate for the enhancement of heat transfer in latent
heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) units. These foams can be synthesized with …

Discharging process and thermal evaluation in the thermal energy storage system with fractal tree-like fins

H Peng, W Yan, Y Wang, S Feng - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Under microgravity environment for spacecraft operation, the melting rate of phase change
material is restricted by its low heat transfer performance and disappearance of natural …