Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

PCM, nano/microencapsulation and slurries: A review of fundamentals, categories, fabrication, numerical models and applications

K Ghasemi, S Tasnim, S Mahmud - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable energy is among the ever-increasing concerns in modern society. In this regard,
thermal energy storage (TES) working based on latent heat has shown great potential by …

Depth optimization of solidification properties of a latent heat energy storage unit under constant rotation mechanism

X Huang, F Li, L Lu, Z Li, X Yang, J Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage technology plays an important role in the effective utilization of clean
energy such as solar energy in building heating, but the low thermal conductivity of heat …

Numerical investigation of magneto-thermal-convection impact on phase change phenomenon of Nano-PCM within a hexagonal shaped thermal energy storage

M Izadi, M Sheremet, A Hajjar, AM Galal… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage is among the most effective thermal energy storage techniques. The
heat can be stored or released in a phase change substance undergoing melting or …

Simulation of mixed-convection of water and nano-encapsulated phase change material inside a square cavity with a rotating hot cylinder

AN Sadr, M Shekaramiz, M Zarinfar, A Esmaily… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano-encapsulated PCM consists of a solid shell and a phase change material (PCM) in the
core that improves the thermal properties of base fluids. The heat capacity of the nanofluid …

Free convection heat transfer analysis of a suspension of nano–encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an inclined porous cavity

M Ghalambaz, SAM Mehryan, I Zahmatkesh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, free convection heat transfer of a suspension of Nano–Encapsulated
Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) is simulated and discussed in an inclined porous cavity …

Efficacy of exothermic reaction on the thermal-free convection in a nano-encapsulated phase change materials-loaded enclosure with circular cylinders inside

AA Pasha, T Tayebi, M MottahirAlam, K Irshad… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current research may well be carried out to dissect the efficacy of exothermic reaction on
the thermal behavior of suspension of Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials …

Numerical study on natural convection of Ag–MgO hybrid/water nanofluid inside a porous enclosure: A local thermal non-equilibrium model

SAM Mehryan, M Ghalambaz, AJ Chamkha, M Izadi - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the natural convection of Ag-MgO/water nanofluids within a porous
enclosure using a Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium (LTNE) model. The Darcy model is …

Dissection of entropy production for the free convection of NEPCMs-filled porous wavy enclosure subject to volumetric heat source/sink

SR Afshar, SR Mishra, AS Dogonchi, N Karimi… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The exploration of natural convection which is one the substantial types of
convective heat transmission in various applications for instance heat exchangers and …

Thermal radiation impact on bioconvection flow of nano-enhanced phase change materials and oxytactic microorganisms inside a vertical wavy porous cavity

S Hussain, Z Raizah, AM Aly - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
This work examines the bioconvection of nano-enhanced phase change materials
(NEPCMs) and oxytactic microorganisms in a vertical wavy cavity saturated by a porous …