Phase change materials (PCMs) have excellent heat storage capacity and their phase
transition temperature is close to constant, they have been widely used in the field of solar …

Energy considerations in the twenty-first century have brought significant attention to
developing high-performance materials. Nanostructured materials have emerged as a …

In this study, an optimized artificial intelligence model is developed to predict the kerf quality
characteristics in laser cutting of basalt fibers reinforced polymer composites. The model is …

Metal foams have high thermal conductivity and can be used to markedly improve the low
effective conductivity in phase change materials (PCMs) during the process of melting and …

Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems are attractive for bridging the energy
supply and demand gap. In such systems, reducing storage time is critical, especially for …

Solid-liquid phase transformation of a phase change material in a rectangular enclosure
with corrugated fins is studied. Employing a physics-based model, the influence of fin length …

Combination of MWCNTs and water based nanofluid flow, isentropic lines and isotherms
features inside a square enclosure with radiation and magnetic field is examined …

This study aims at evaluating the melting behavior of nano-enhanced phase change
materials (NePCM) inside a triple-tube heat exchanger with a zigzag-shape channel …

Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) based on phase change materials is one of the
key technologies to improve energy utilization efficiency and alleviate the mismatch between …

To enhance the solidification performance of phase change material in a triplex-tube thermal
energy storage system, a two-dimensional model is established in this paper. The …