A review of fin application for latent heat thermal energy storage enhancement

ZH Low, Z Qin, F Duan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
Dead zone (s), the slowest region of solid PCM to melt or liquid PCM to solidify, occurs
naturally in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems. The dead zone forms due …

Effect of metal foam on improving solid–liquid phase change in a multi-channel thermal storage tank

T Xiao, G Liu, J Guo, G Shu, L Lu, X Yang - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) system is a vital way to recover waste heat for energy
saving. However, phase change materials (PCMs) with low thermal conductivity severely …

Research progress and performance improvement of phase change heat accumulators

C Wang, S Wang, X Cheng, Y Zhang, Z Wang - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The heat accumulator can overcome the intermittent and fluctuating problems of the new
energy structure and provide a guarantee for the efficiency of the thermal system. It is the …

LSTM-BP neural network analysis on solid-liquid phase change in a multi-channel thermal storage tank

T Xiao, Z Liu, L Lu, H Han, X Huang, X Song… - … Analysis with Boundary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) system is a crucial technology for achieving carbon
neutrality and alleviating energy stress. Although metal foam can ameliorate the thermal …

Non-uniform heat transfer suppression to enhance PCM melting by angled fins

C Ji, Z Qin, Z Low, S Dubey, FH Choo… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present numerical investigations on a thermal energy storage system with phase change
materials (PCMs) vertically heated from one side of a rectangular enclosure. A transient …

Numerical study on the influence of inclination angle on the melting behaviour of metal foam-PCM latent heat storage units

S Huang, J Lu, Y Li - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study numerically investigated the melting performance of a paraffin/copper foam
composite phase change material (PCM) heat storage unit with a rectangular encapsulation …

Simulation on PCM melting enhancement with double-fin length arrangements in a rectangular enclosure induced by natural convection

C Ji, Z Qin, S Dubey, FH Choo, F Duan - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
We numerically investigate the phase change melting enhancement in a latent heat thermal
energy storage (LHTES) unit by arranging the internal double-fin length. The schemes for …

Melting of phase change materials inside metal foams with uniform/graded porosity: Pore-scale simulation

T Xiao, Z Du, L Lu, Y Li, X Huang, X Yang… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal storage system has the potential for industrial applications to reduce
excessive consumption of fossil fuels. However, the commonly employed phase change …

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 …