Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHETS) has been widely used in solar thermal
utilization and waste heat recovery on account of advantages of high-energy storage density …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have huge potential for latent thermal energy storage,
waste heat recovery, heating, and cooling systems, due to their excellent thermal storage …

Phase change materials (PCM) have become a research interest in the area of passive heat
dissipation owing to many advantages, such as simple structure, high latent heat, low cost …

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 …

Copper foam (with porosity 97% and pore density 35 pores per inch) based heat sink
without phase change material (PCM) and copper foam/PCM composites heat sinks are …

A comprehensive study was conducted to analyse the effect of fin material on PCM melting
in a rectangular enclosure. Four commonly employed indicators, surface averaged Nusselt …

A key challenge in the deployment of practical latent heat energy storage systems
employing phase change materials is the inherent low thermal conductivity of these …

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 …

The present work proposes an integration of a novel fin structure and Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles
as an enhancement technology to improve the melting performance of phase change …

In this study, seven vertical shell-tube latent heat storage (LHS) systems are built to explore
the effect of geometry on the melting and solidification behavior of phase change material …