A comprehensive review of thermal energy storage

I Sarbu, C Sebarchievici - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 at a later time for heating …

Recent advances on enhanced thermal conduction in phase change materials using carbon nanomaterials

A Yadav, A Verma, A Kumar, H Dashmana… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alternative energy sources are gaining much popularity but their intermittent nature limits
their applications. Energy storage is the main concern for the researchers working in the …

Improving transient performance of thermoelectric generator by integrating phase change material

K Huang, Y Yan, G Wang, B Li - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) based on Seebeck effect, which is well regarded as an
effective way for waste heat recovery, has stepped into vision of automotive researchers in …

Development of the inorganic composite phase change materials for passive thermal management of Li‐ion batteries: material characterization

Y Galazutdinova, S Al‐Hallaj… - … Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The battery thermal management system based on phase change materials (PCMs) has
proven to be a safe, inexpensive, and high‐performance technology, which is currently …

Reducing heat loss from solar hot water storage tanks using passive baffles

ST Paing, TN Anderson, RJ Nates - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar water heating systems with thermal storage are one of the simplest ways of reducing
energy demand for domestic water heating. Over the years, researchers have attempted to …

Formulation and development of composite materials for thermally driven and storage-integrated cooling technologies: a review

E Borri, S Ushak, Y Li, A Frazzica, Y Zhang… - Materials for Renewable …, 2024 - Springer
The energy consumption for cooling takes up 50% of all the consumed final energy in
Europe, which still highly depends on the utilization of fossil fuels. Thus, it is required to …

Preparation and characterization of an inorganic magnesium chloride/nitrate/graphite composite for low temperature energy storage

Y Galazutdinova, M Vega, M Grágeda… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, an inorganic mixture of 40 wt% MgCl 2· 6H 2 O and 60 wt% Mg (NO 3) 2· 6H 2
O was impregnated into two types of the expanded graphite (EG): EG flakes and EG matrix …

Thermodynamic modeling and experimental verification of new eutectic salt mixtures as thermal energy storage materials

S Ushak, M Vega, JA Lovera-Copa, S Pablo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, modified BET model was applied to obtain phase diagrams and to design new
eutectic mixtures. As a result, the eutectic composition and the melting point of two mixtures …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of heat transfer coefficients in a liquid–liquid direct contact latent heat storage system

S Kunkel, T Teumer, P Dörnhofer, F Wunder… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study presents a latent heat storage system consisting of a phase change material
(PCM) and a heat transfer fluid (HTF), placed in direct contact, for storing thermal energy …

Phase change materials for thermal energy storage in industrial applications

FR Martínez, E Borri, SM Kala, S Ushak, LF Cabeza - Heliyon, 2025 - cell.com
This study reports the results of the screening process done to identify viable phase change
materials (PCMs) to be integrated in applications in two different temperature ranges: 60 …