The thermal expansion and contraction property of phase change materials (PCMs) is a
significant factor in affecting the buoyancy-driven melting/solidification heat transfer …

Nowadays, a bio-inspired heat exchanger incorporating a triply periodic minimal surface
(TPMS) structure has demonstrated great potential in the fields of new energy research and …

Designing latent heat thermal energy storage systems is a cumbersome task and the
estimation of the performance of such a storage system normally involves experiments and …

Due to the transient operation of latent thermal energy storage (LTES) heat exchangers,
methods from classical heat exchanger theory such as the effectiveness number of transfer …

One of the challenges for the commercialization of PCM-based cold storage systems is their
ability to absorb load fluctuations, the ability for quick charge and discharge, as well as the …

This study presents the development of an experimental setup aimed at evaluating the
thermal efficiency of a functional prototype of a latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) …

This study concerns the numerical simulation and the experimental implementation of a low-
scale Phase Change Material-based (PCM-based) condenser, to be included in a PCM …

Direct-contact thermal energy storage (TES) systems characterized by high heat density and
rapid heat transfer rates have been exploited for the collection of industrial waste or surplus …

Abstract Phase Change Materials (PCM) play an essential role in latent thermal energy
storage (LTES) systems, where understanding the phase change front movement is crucial …

The lack of design rules for the design and selection of phase change material (PCM)-based
thermal energy storage (TES) systems using heat exchangers is a major impediment to the …