Although phase change materials are significant for heat storage, the fundamental issue
with energy storage is their poor heat conductivity. Three scenarios have been widely …

Latent heat energy storage has received lots of concern on account of its high energy
storage density and almost constant operating temperature. Phase change materials (PCM) …

The application of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology in solar energy
systems is greatly restricted by the poor thermal conductivity of the phase change materials …

The future of power generation is predicted to be greener with greater uptake in renewable
energy which will be more intermittent and make matching demand harder. Latent thermal …

This review presents a first state-of-the-art for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES)
operating with a simultaneous charging-discharging process (SCD). These systems …

In this paper, the enhancement of melting behaviour in a shell and tube thermal energy
storage (TES) device containing various structured fins is numerically investigated. Five …

This research investigates the influence of phase change material (PCM) distribution, fin
density, and PCM type on the thermal performance of a slab-finned cross-flow PCM heat …

Latent heat storage is a promising method to overcome the problem of the intermittent nature
of renewable sources. However, the main challenge in utilizing phase change materials is …

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

The contribution of this study is the proposal of a synergistic composite enhancement
strategy involving tree fins and nanomaterials to improve the low thermal performance of …