Thermophysical properties and applications of nano-enhanced PCMs: An update review

L Yang, J Huang, F Zhou - Energy conversion and management, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy conservation management using latent heat storage (LHS) technique is nowadays
employed as a solution to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions …

Review of the phase change material (PCM) usage for solar domestic water heating systems (SDWHS)

MH Abokersh, M Osman, O El‐Baz… - … journal of energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The shortage in energy resources combined with the climb in greenhouse emissions is the
main incentive beyond the deployment of solar energy resource in various applications. One …

Heat transfer reduction in buildings by embedding phase change material in multi-layer walls: Effects of repositioning, thermophysical properties and thickness of PCM

ZX Li, AAAA Al-Rashed, M Rostamzadeh… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Passive latent heat thermal energy storage approach incorporating phase change materials
(PCM) is a brilliant technique to tackle high energy consumption issue in buildings. This …

Thermal performance analysis of phase change materials (PCMs) embedded in gradient porous metal foams

A Ghahremannezhad, H Xu, MR Salimpour… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a comprehensive analysis is presented on utilizing non-homogeneous porous
metal foams as thermal conductivity enhancers (TCEs) in energy storage systems and heat …

Design of fin structures for phase change material (PCM) melting process in rectangular cavities

RDC Oliveski, F Becker, LAO Rocha, C Biserni… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to analyze the lauric acid PCM melting process in a finned
rectangular cavity, keeping both the PCM mass and the total fin area constant, thus …

Thermal management and natural convection flow of nano encapsulated phase change material (NEPCM)-water suspension in a reverse T-shaped porous cavity …

AM Zidan, MK Nayak, N Karimi, AS Dogonchi… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy systems may be turning to be more effectual and inexpensive and
contributing lion's share of whole energy utilization in today's power hungry planet. The …

Studies on optimum fins number in PCM-based heat sinks

R Kalbasi, M Afrand, J Alsarraf, MD Tran - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) based heat sink is an appropriate technique for electronic
devices cooling. PCM-based heat sinks have a low overall thermal conductivity. Using …

Thermal management of electronics: An experimental analysis of triangular, rectangular and circular pin-fin heat sinks for various PCMs

HM Ali, MJ Ashraf, A Giovannelli, M Irfan… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study implies experimental investigation for optimization of heat transfer in electronic
integrated circuits using close packed phase change materials (PCMs) filled pin-fin heat …

Numerical investigation on lithium-ion battery thermal management utilizing a novel tree-like channel liquid cooling plate exchanger

Y Fan, Z Wang, T Fu, H Wu - International journal of heat and mass transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the battery life and promote the application of electric vehicles, microchannel
cooling technology had been widely developed. Therefore, this study was inspired by …

Experimental investigation of melting behaviour of phase change material in finned rectangular enclosures under different inclination angles

B Kamkari, D Groulx - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The deployment of phase change materials (PCMs) in practical applications is in large part
limited by the low thermal conductivity of the available PCMs. Hence, in this study …