Overwhelming research interest in developing green and renewable energy systems has
fostered the innovation of novel latent heat storage systems. Transport phenomena during …

Latent thermal energy storage, employing phase-change materials, has been traditionally
researched in several areas such solar energy, refrigeration, and electronic cooling, but less …

Solar energy and other renewable energy resources are of great importance to solve the
energy crisis in the 21th century. In this regard, the energy storage systems play a vital role …

The popular application of latent heat storage (LHS) units using phase change materials is
limited in converting and utilizing renewable energy due to their poor thermal efficiency. To …

This paper studies the enhanced heat transfer of adding longitudinal fins in a horizontal
shell-and-tube heat storage unit. A two-dimensional numerical model is established and …

A significant challenge to the widespread use of practical latent heat energy storage systems
based on phase change materials is the inherent low thermal conductivity of these materials …

The dominant technology among latent heat thermal energy storage methods relies on solid–
liquid phase change. Since the primary disadvantage of phase change materials is low …

This study proposes the use of a double-pipe helical-coiled tube as an innovative well-
performing phase change material (PCM) containment design for latent heat thermal energy …

One important solution for societies to overcome the energy crisis is to manage the
production and storage of energy. In this regard, the latent heat energy storage systems …

This study examines an innovative design to enhance the natural convection in a
rectangular latent heat energy storage unit (LHSU). The new design divides the rectangular …