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 …

A review on container geometry and orientations of phase change materials for solar thermal systems

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

Numerical investigation of natural convection behavior of molten PCM in an enclosure having rectangular and tree-like branching fins

Ç Yıldız, M Arıcı, S Nižetić, A Shahsavar - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In phase-change applications, once the melting process is completed, the natural convective
heat transfer of liquid material may be promoted or degraded by the fins, which is the main …

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 …

A numerical study on the impact of fin length arrangement and material on the melting of PCM in a rectangular enclosure

P Rawat, AF Sherwani - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents a numerical analysis on enhancing the melting process of phase
change material (PCM) in a rectangular enclosure using flanged fins (T-shaped). A double …

Characteristics of thermal storage heat pipe charged with graphene nanoplatelets enhanced organic phase change material

Y Liu, R Zheng, T Tian, J Li - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The challenge on the thermal management of highly integrated electronic devices and
avionics equipment has grown continuously. To meet fully passive and highly reliable …

Melting of hybrid nano-enhanced phase change material in an inclined finned rectangular cavity for cold energy storage

A Laouer, M Teggar, E Tunçbilek, M Arıcı… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to study the potential of two heat transfer enhancement techniques,
namely adding fins and hybrid nanoparticle (Cu and Al 2 O 3), for improvement of the …

A novel liquid-based battery thermal management system coupling with phase change material and thermoelectric cooling

R Pakrouh, MJ Hosseini, AA Ranjbar… - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study experimentally investigates a novel type of battery thermal management
system that works based on water cooling and thermoelectric cooling (Peltier effect). In the …

Thermal management analysis of new liquid cooling of a battery system based on phase change material and thermoelectric cooler

R Pakrouh, AA Ranjbar, MJ Hosseini… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crisis of global warming and environmental pollution has led to the development of
electric cars in recent decades. Meanwhile, designing a suitable cooling system for the …