Review on phase change materials for cold thermal energy storage applications

B Nie, A Palacios, B Zou, J Liu, T Zhang, Y Li - Renewable and sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) based thermal energy storage (TES) has proved to have
great potential in various energy-related applications. The high energy storage density …

A review and prospective of fin design to improve heat transfer performance of latent thermal energy storage

S Zhang, S Mancin, L Pu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Latent Thermal Energy Storage (TES) has been widely recognized in the academic
community and regarded as one of the most promising technologies for heat storage. As one …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of two different fins (longitudinal-tree like) and hybrid nano-particles (MoS2-TiO2) on solidification process in triplex latent heat thermal energy storage …

K Hosseinzadeh, MAE Moghaddam, A Asadi… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
To tackle global warming, a reliable storage system seems crucial due to unpredictability of
renewable energy. As a result, storage units based on Phase Change Material (PCM) are …

Geometric and design parameters of fins employed for enhancing thermal energy storage systems: a review

AM Abdulateef, S Mat, J Abdulateef, K Sopian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The continuous increase in the level of green-house gas emissions and the depletion of
fossil‎ fuels are identified, as the major driving forces behind efforts to effectively utilize …

Recent development on heat transfer and various applications of phase-change materials

L Yang, X Jin, Y Zhang, K Du - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage and phase change materials (PCMs) have become one of the most
important research subjects in recent years. The present paper first introduces the …

Accelerated melting of PCM in energy storage systems via novel configuration of fins in the triplex-tube heat exchanger

JM Mahdi, S Lohrasbi, DD Ganji, EC Nsofor - International Journal of Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage with Phase Change Materials (PCMs) can be used to fill the gap
between energy supply and demand. The main reason preventing their widespread …

[HTML][HTML] Performance enhancement of phase change materials in triplex-tube latent heat energy storage system using novel fin configurations

P Yan, W Fan, Y Yang, H Ding, A Arshad, C Wen - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) has promising applications as an energy storage material in
thermal energy storage (TES) systems. However, the low thermal conductivity of PCM limits …

A comparative study of thermal behaviour of a horizontal and vertical shell-and-tube energy storage using phase change materials

S Seddegh, X Wang, AD Henderson - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, thermal behaviour in a vertical and horizontal shell-and-tube energy storage
system using phase change materials (PCMs) is investigated and compared using a …

A comprehensive review on positive cold energy storage technologies and applications in air conditioning with phase change materials

SF Li, Z Liu, XJ Wang - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cold energy storage technology using solid–liquid phase change materials plays a very
important role. Although many studies have covered applications of cold energy storage …

Enhancement of PCM melting rate via internal fin and nanoparticles

M Arıcı, E Tütüncü, Ç Yıldız, D Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
A comprehensive numerical study is presented to investigate the melting process in a
square enclosure whose two facing walls are maintained at different constant temperatures …