Although phase change materials are significant for heat storage, the fundamental issue
with energy storage is their poor heat conductivity. Three scenarios have been widely …

Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCM) proved to be a promising
technology because of its relative advantages over the other types of energy storage …

In order to improve the characteristics of uneven melting in the melting process of the
horizontal latent heat energy storage system, the triplex-tube latent heat energy storage unit …

The intermittent nature of renewables such as solar and wind necessitates integration with
energy-storage to enable realistic applications. The triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) with …

Phase change material (PCM) energy storage systems have relatively low thermal
conductivity values which greatly reduces the systems' performance. In this study, a …

Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

Thermal energy storage improves the efficiency and eliminates the mismatch between the
energy supply and energy demand of solar thermal energy applications. Among the different …

Thermal energy storage technology is of great significance for the efficient utilization of solar
energy. In this paper, the melting process of a horizontal latent heat energy storage unit is …

Solar energy is a clean, abundant and easily accessible form of renewable energy. Its
intermittent and dynamic nature makes thermal energy storage (TES) systems highly …

Thermal storage systems utilizing Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are known to exhibit
slow thermal response. This is mainly due to the relatively low thermal conductivity of most …