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 …

Recent progress in phase change materials storage containers: Geometries, design considerations and heat transfer improvement methods

ME Zayed, J Zhao, W Li, AH Elsheikh… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential for phase change materials (PCMs) has a vital role in thermal energy storage
(TES) applications and energy management strategies. Nevertheless, these materials suffer …

Melting process of nanoparticle enhanced PCM through storage cylinder incorporating fins

F Li, A Almarashi, M Jafaryar, MR Hajizadeh… - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper discusses how the arrangement of fins can affect the charging process. Mixture of
paraffin and copper oxide nanomaterial has been utilized. Several configurations of fins with …

A passive thermal management system of Li-ion batteries using PCM composites: Experimental and numerical investigations

MM El Idi, M Karkri, MA Tankari - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is dedicated to the design of an optimal thermal management system using a
PCM-Metal Foam composite at the scale of a Li-ion batteries cells. To study the ability of a …

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 …

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 …

A novel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic system using PCM-porous system

J Duan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel heat sink composed of phase change material (PCM) and metal foam (porous) is
investigated in this study, which is used to cool the concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) at a …

Experimental investigation of melting behaviour of phase change material in finned rectangular enclosures under different inclination angles

B Kamkari, D Groulx - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The deployment of phase change materials (PCMs) in practical applications is in large part
limited by the low thermal conductivity of the available PCMs. Hence, in this study …

Investigation of the effect of inclination angle on the melting enhancement of phase change material in finned latent heat thermal storage units

R Karami, B Kamkari - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Large-scale deployment of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) based Latent Heat Thermal
Storage (LHTS) systems is limited by the low charging and discharging rates of the PCMs. In …