A review on supercooling of Phase Change Materials in thermal energy storage systems

A Safari, R Saidur, FA Sulaiman, Y Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage is at the height of its popularity to harvest, store, and save energy for
short-term or long-term use in new energy generation systems. It is forecasted that the global …

Supercooling of phase-change materials and the techniques used to mitigate the phenomenon

MH Zahir, SA Mohamed, R Saidur, FA Al-Sulaiman - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the quest for alternatives for fossil fuels, phase change materials (PCMs) have attracted
considerable attention due to their ability to store renewable thermal energy. Compared to …

Phase change material based cold thermal energy storage: Materials, techniques and applications–A review

C Veerakumar, A Sreekumar - international journal of refrigeration, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper gives a comprehensive review on recent developments and the previous
research studies on cold thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCM) …

[HTML][HTML] Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review

MM Kenisarin, K Mahkamov, SC Costa… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
To date, numerous phase change materials (PCM) have been developed for application in
latent heat storage systems. There are many issues in the process from the development of …

Review of solidification of phase change materials dispersed with nanoparticles in different containers

NS Dhaidan, SA Kokz, FL Rashid, AK Hussein… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The big challenge of utilizing intermittent renewable energy sources is the time lag between
the energy source and energy demand. The storage of energy forms a suitable solution for …

Synthesis, stability, and heat transfer behavior of water and graphene nanoplatelet-based nanofluid for cool thermal storage applications

P Sundaram, A Kalaisselvane, A Sathishkumar… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to synthesize stable nano-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCM)
using deionized (DI) water and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) with the aid of three different …

Potential of latent thermal energy storage for performance improvement in small-scale refrigeration units: A review

TTM Rocha, M Teggar, PV Trevizoli… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, latent thermal energy storage has been a proven technology to
improve the performance of refrigeration appliances. In this work, an up to date literature …

A review of the application of carbon materials in solar thermal energy storage

H Badenhorst - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphitic materials can potentially mitigate the issue of low thermal conductivity in phase
change materials (PCM) when used in solar thermal energy storage. However, carbon can …

Enhanced heat transfer characteristics of water based copper oxide nanofluid PCM (phase change material) in a spherical capsule during solidification for energy …

P Chandrasekaran, M Cheralathan, V Kumaresan… - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the solidification characteristics of water based
NFPCM (nanofluid phase change material). The NFPCM was prepared by dispersing …

Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: a review

NAC Sidik, TH Kean, HK Chow, A Rajaandra… - … Communications in Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cold thermal energy storage (CTES) plays a vital role in many industrial applications such
as central air-conditioning in the large buildings, high powered electronic cooling …