Heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials embedded with metal foam for thermal energy storage: a review

W Cui, T Si, X Li, X Li, L Lu, T Ma, Q Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have been considered suitable energy materials to
address the mismatch between energy demand and supply to improve the utilization …

A critical review on heat transfer augmentation of phase change materials embedded with porous materials/foams

HM Ali, MM Janjua, U Sajjad, WM Yan - International Journal of Heat and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) is promising media for thermal energy storage owing to its
extensive value of latent heat (140–970 KJ/Kg). However, thermal conductivity of PCMs is …

A state-of-the-art review of the application of phase change materials (PCM) in Mobilized-Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) for recovering low-temperature industrial …

K Du, J Calautit, P Eames, Y Wu - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mobilized-Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) systems, are an attractive alternative
solution to supply heat to distributed heat users by recovering and transporting the low …

Computational study of heat transfer enhancement using porous foams with phase change materials: A comparative review

E Hamidi, PB Ganesan, RK Sharma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) in thermal energy storage can improve energy efficiency
and sustainability, which notably makes them a potential solution to the problems of energy …

A review of the composite phase change materials: Fabrication, characterization, mathematical modeling and application to performance enhancement

P Zhang, X Xiao, ZW Ma - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are frequently and widely used in latent thermal energy
storage (LTES) system and thermal management (TM) system due to their large latent heats …

Preparation and thermal characterization of paraffin/metal foam composite phase change material

X Xiao, P Zhang, M Li - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The utilization of paraffin in the latent thermal energy storage (LTES) system for solar energy
storage is hampered by its low thermal conductivity. Paraffin/nickel foam and paraffin/copper …

A nano-graphite/paraffin phase change material with high thermal conductivity

M Li - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Nano-graphite (NG)/paraffin composites were prepared as composite phase change
materials. NG has the function of improving the thermal conductivity of the composite. The …

Numerical study of finned heat pipe-assisted thermal energy storage system with high temperature phase change material

S Tiari, S Qiu, M Mahdavi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present study, the thermal characteristics of a finned heat pipe-assisted latent heat
thermal energy storage system are investigated numerically. A transient two-dimensional …

Experimental analysis of phase change phenomenon of paraffin waxes embedded in copper foams

S Mancin, A Diani, L Doretti, K Hooman… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental investigation of the solid–liquid phase change process
of three natural paraffin waxes, which show slightly different melting temperature: 53° C, 57° …

Thermal properties and thermal conductivity enhancement of composite phase change materials using myristyl alcohol/metal foam for solar thermal storage

X Huang, Y Lin, G Alva, G Fang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
Myristyl alcohol (MA)/metal foam composite phase change materials (CPCMs) were
fabricated by vacuum melting infiltration. MA was used as the phase change material (PCM) …