Abstract Photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) technology, combines the benefits of both solar
photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal systems into a single integrated solution. It is a …

Open-cell metal foam has a great potential for manufacturing compact heat exchangers in
energy conservation systems due to the advantages of large specific surface area and high …

Finned heat sinks equipped with phase change materials to store and release large
amounts of thermal energy and metal foams to increase overall thermal conductivity are a …

Heat dissipation in electronic devices is challenging due its limited size and cooling space
constraint. Implementing Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS)-based cellular structures …

Curtailing the ever-increasing global energy demand remains an arduous challenge. The
US Energy Information Administration emphasized that the deployment of new heat …

A novel cross-fin heat sink consisting of a series of long fins and a series of perpendicularly
arranged short fins was proposed to enhance natural convective heat transfer. The design …

Present experimental investigation focuses on the performance analysis of metallic foam
and phase change material (PCM)-based heat sink at variable heat loads. High porosity …

In this work, the level-set based topology optimization (TO) method for optimizing the
distribution of porous metal foam in the fully-coupled natural convection system is …

Tubular heat exchangers for natural convection can be found in many industrial
applications. In order to develop the high-efficiency natural convection radiator, the heat …

This paper develops a superhigh-performance wearable thermoelectric generator (WTEG)
for harvesting body heat, achieving an output power density of 15.8 μW/cm 2 in windless …