A review on container geometry and orientations of phase change materials for solar thermal systems

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

A review on the applications of micro-/nano-encapsulated phase change material slurry in heat transfer and thermal storage systems

MS Ghoghaei, A Mahmoudian, O Mohammadi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Springer
In modern heat transfer systems, thermal storage not only causes the balance between
demand and supply, but also improves the heat transfer efficiency in these systems. In the …

The influence of energy storage container geometry on the melting and solidification of PCM

MH Hekmat, MHK Haghani, E Izadpanah… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main goal of this work was understanding the effects of PCM container geometry on the
melting and solidification rates. Then, it was followed by studying the effects of nanoparticles …

A numerical study of phase change material melting enhancement in a horizontal rectangular enclosure with vertical triple fins

A Laouer, K Al-Farhany, MF Al-Dawody… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
In renewable energy systems, energy storage with phase change materials (PCM) is
important, but these materials have poor thermal conductivity; therefore, approaches for …

Effects of wavy wall and Y-shaped fins on solidification of PCM with dispersion of Al2O3 nanoparticle

AN Keshteli, M Sheikholeslami - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2020 - Springer
In current modeling, solidification process within a three-dimensional triplex tube was
numerically studied. In two sides, the cold water flow is used while the middle tube contains …

[HTML][HTML] Studying the Improvement of Solar Collector Mechanism with Phase Change Materials

MR Rahi, S Ostadi, A Rahmani, M Dibaj, M Akrami - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study delves into the integration of phase change materials (PCM) in solar thermal
collector systems to address this challenge. By incorporating nano encapsulated PCMs …

Thermal control of electronic components using a liquid around the phase change material

H Shili, K Fahem, S Harmand… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
As part of the research in the field of thermal control of electronic components, we confined a
phase change material (plastic paraffin) in a liquid and we heated it on one vertical side by a …

Modeling the one-dimensional inverse heat transfer problem using a Haar wavelet collocation approach

A Jahangiri, S Mohammadi, M Akbari - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical method to solving the one-dimensional inverse heat transfer
problem in Cartesian and Cylindrical coordinates, which is combination of the Haar wavelet …

Failure analysis and remedial solution suggestion for superheater tubes of a power plant boiler

A Shami, SE Moussavi Torshizi, A Jahangiri - Transactions of the Indian …, 2020 - Springer
Superheater tubes are the most critical components of a power plant's boiler. Due to
operation in high-temperature and-pressure conditions, platen superheater (primary …

Experimental study on melting performance of paraffin and paraffin/expanded graphite

L Zhenghao, X Zhang, W Changling, M ZHANG - CIESC Journal, 2020 - hgxb.cip.com.cn
To improve the melting performance of paraffin (PA) during the phase change energy
storage process, a small amount of expanded graphite (EG) was added to the PA to prepare …