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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy storage on demand: Thermal energy storage development, materials, design, and integration challenges

G Sadeghi - Energy Storage Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change along with our insatiable need for energy demand a paradigm shift towards
more rational and sustainable use of energy. To drive this transition, the deployment of …

Numerical investigation for concentrated photovoltaic solar system in existence of paraffin equipped with MWCNT nanoparticles

M Sheikholeslami - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
To generate greater electricity and heat saving, a concentrated PVT (Photovoltaic thermal)
system was applied in current study. The thermal section of the unit includes tubes …

The role of phase change materials in lithium-ion batteries: A brief review on current materials, thermal management systems, numerical methods, and experimental …

N Nasajpour-Esfahani, H Garmestani, M Rozati… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have been used as high-performance materials in various
applications since they have great features such as low viscosity, low melting temperature …

Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

Potential of phase change materials and their effective use in solar thermal applications: A critical review

V Goel, A Saxena, M Kumar, A Thakur… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential of the thermal energy storage materials especially phase change materials (PCM)
is great support to the thermal systems for their performance enhancement especially for …

Improving the energy discharging performance of a latent heat storage (LHS) unit using fractal-tree-shaped fins

C Zhang, J Li, Y Chen - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The fractal tree-shaped structure has been demonstrated as a promising optimization
method to maximize the point-area heat flow access. Aiming to enhance the energy …

Classification and assessment of energy storage systems

MS Guney, Y Tepe - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing electricity generation from renewable resources has side effects on power
grid systems, because of daily and seasonally intermittent nature of these sources …

A review of performance enhancement of PCM based latent heat storage system within the context of materials, thermal stability and compatibility

Z Khan, Z Khan, A Ghafoor - Energy conversion and management, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) with their high thermal storage density at almost isothermal
conditions and their availability at wide range of phase transitions promote an effective …

Review on heat transfer analysis in thermal energy storage using latent heat storage systems and phase change materials

I Sarbu, A Dorca - International journal of energy research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal energy storage (TES) is a technology that stocks thermal energy by heating or
cooling a storage medium so that the stored energy can be used later for heating and …