A critical review on heat transfer enhancement techniques in latent heat storage systems based on phase change materials. Passive and active techniques, system …

BM Diaconu, M Cruceru, L Anghelescu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper collects recent and relevant research articles on the topic of heat transfer
enhancement in phase change materials heat storage systems, covering both passive …

Review of solidification and melting performance of phase change materials in the presence of magnetic field, rotation, tilt angle, and vibration

FL Rashid, A Rahbari, RK Ibrahem… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the poor thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs), the operation of
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) is restricted by the limited heat exchange rate …

Synergistic improvement of melting rate and heat storage capacity by a rotation-based method for shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage

X Yu, R Jiang, Z Li, G Qian, B Wang, L Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rotation is emerging as a novel heat transfer enhancement technique for latent thermal
energy storage (LTES) due to its superiority in concise control of rotation conditions and …

Effects of various types of nanomaterials on PCM melting process in a thermal energy storage system for solar cooling application using CFD and MCMC methods

MA Alazwari, M Algarni, MR Safaei - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems are attractive for bridging the energy
supply and demand gap. In such systems, reducing storage time is critical, especially for …

Evaluation of variable rotation on enhancing thermal performance of phase change heat storage tank

B Yang, J Guo, X Huang, Z Li, X Yang, MJ Li - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rotation mechanism can effectively enhance convective heat transfer. Previous studies
have been conducted to explore the potential application of its enhancement effect for …

Review of solidification of phase change materials dispersed with nanoparticles in different containers

NS Dhaidan, SA Kokz, FL Rashid, AK Hussein… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The big challenge of utilizing intermittent renewable energy sources is the time lag between
the energy source and energy demand. The storage of energy forms a suitable solution for …

Machine learning algorithms for improving the prediction of air injection effect on the thermohydraulic performance of shell and tube heat exchanger

EMS El-Said, M Abd Elaziz, AH Elsheikh - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, improved prediction methods based on supervised machine-learning
algorithms is proposed to predict the effect of the application of air injection and transverse …

Thermal energy storage with PCMs: A comprehensive study of horizontal shell and multi-tube systems with finned design

SSM Ajarostaghi, A Amirsoleymani, M Arıcı… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its unique qualities and advantages, phase change materials (PCMs) are crucial for
thermal energy storage in various applications. The poor conductivity of PCMs is known to …

Optimization of nano-additive characteristics to improve the efficiency of a shell and tube thermal energy storage system using a hybrid procedure: DOE, ANN, MCDM …

M Algarni, MA Alazwari, MR Safaei - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Using nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) rather than pure PCM significantly
affects the melting/solidification duration and the stored energy, which are two critical design …

Numerical investigation of using helical fins for the enhancement of the charging process of a latent heat thermal energy storage system

SA Zonouzi, A Dadvar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is focused on the enhancement of the thermal performance of a vertically
oriented shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system by using helical …