Phase change materials (PCMs) play a crucial role in energy storage and heat transfer
applications by allowing for the storage and release of significant amounts of energy during …

The imbalance of energy supply and demand and a series of environmental problems are
associated with traditional energy. In order to alleviate the above concerns, renewable …

The expanding utilization of renewable energy sources, which inherently introduces greater
intermittency and complicates demand matching, has led to the increased adoption of the …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have recently been proven to be a very efficient method for
temperature control of photovoltaic (PV) panels, but their performance is still constrained by …

This study presents a novel approach inspired by the hexagonal honeycomb structure found
in nature, leveraging image processing algorithms to precisely define complex geometries in …

Phase change energy storage technology holds broad prospects in the field of energy
storage for the future. This study numerically simulates the melting process of phase change …

The utilization of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) using phase change materials
(PCM) has attracted considerable attention due to their high energy density and thermal …

Improving the melting performance of latent heat storage devices is highly important for
achieving efficient utilization of thermal energy. To achieve this goal, this paper proposes an …

This study examines the heat and mass transfer characteristics within a wavy porous cavity
filled with nano-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCM), employing the incompressible …

The effectiveness of latent heat energy storage units is redistricted by the low thermal
performance and suboptimal layout of phase change materials (PCMs). This work not only …