Recent advances on the applications of phase change materials for solar collectors, practical limitations, and challenges: A critical review

A Mourad, A Aissa, Z Said, O Younis, M Iqbal… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is the most serious problem humanity faces in the twenty-first century. To
avoid additional global warming, the world must transition away from fossil fuels and toward …

A brief review on different hybrid methods of enhancement within latent heat storage systems

A Khademi, K Shank, SAA Mehrjardi, S Tiari… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) occurs by changing the internal energy of materials in the
form of sensible heat, latent heat, and thermo-chemical heat or a combination thereof. Latent …

Passive thermal management strategy for cooling multiple portable electronic components: Hybrid nanoparticles enhanced phase change materials as an innovative …

H Faraji, Ç Yıldız, A Arshad, M Arıcı, K Choukairy… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern electronics technologies have given great interest to phase change materials
(PCMs). The present work is in line with this philosophy and deals with the effectiveness of a …

[HTML][HTML] Solidification acceleration of phase change material in a horizontal latent heat thermal energy storage system by using spiral fins

K Guedri, P Singh, F Riaz, A Inayat, NA Shah… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
One important solution for societies to overcome the energy crisis is to manage the
production and storage of energy. In this regard, the latent heat energy storage systems …

Improvement of solar air heaters performance with PCM-filled baffles and storage bed

H Parsa, M Saffar-Avval, MR Hajmohammadi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are popular solar energy collection systems due to their simple
design and construction. However, conventional SAHs face limitations, including a small …

A comparative study on thermophysical properties of functionalized and non-functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nano Tubes (MWCNTs) enhanced salt hydrate phase …

R Kumar, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) system is one of the best options for harvesting, storing, and
saving energy for long-term or short-term use of a modern energy production system. The …

Design of combinational fins for a vertical shell-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit

J Liu, Z Liu, C Nie, Y Li - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
The employment of annular fins and longitudinal fins in latent heat thermal energy storage
unit can significantly improve its thermal performance. However, the annular fins can greatly …

Melting process investigation of a non-Newtonian phase change material containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes in a trapezoidal enclosure

M Boujelbene, SAM Mehryan, AM Hussin… - … Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research examines the melting characteristics of nano-enhanced, non-Newtonian
PCMs-multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT). The process includes analyzing the impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating ISPH simulations with machine learning for thermal radiation and exothermic chemical reaction on heat and mass transfer in spline/triangle star …

AM Aly, SW Lee, HS Hussein - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This work integrates incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) with machine
learning (ML) to examine the uses of two different domain shapes, spline star-domain, and …

Pioneering heat transfer enhancements in latent thermal energy storage: Passive and active strategies unveiled

MA Rahman, R Zairov, N Akylbekov… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Intermittent renewable energy sources such as solar and wind necessitate energy storage
methods like employing phase change materials (PCMs) for latent heat thermal energy …