Review on heat transfer analysis in thermal energy storage using latent heat storage systems and phase change materials

I Sarbu, A Dorca - International journal of energy research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal energy storage (TES) is a technology that stocks thermal energy by heating or
cooling a storage medium so that the stored energy can be used later for heating and …

Rapid charging for latent heat thermal energy storage: A state-of-the-art review of close-contact melting

N Hu, ZR Li, ZW Xu, LW Fan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) using phase change materials (PCM) has been
considered a promising technique for improving the energy efficiency of thermal systems …

Analysis of solar underfloor heating system assisted with nano enhanced phase change material for nearly zero energy buildings approach

M Gür, HF Öztop, F Selimefendigil - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the design of a solar-assisted underfloor heating system specifically
tailored for nearly zero-energy buildings. The system incorporates a Photovoltaic/Thermal …

Experimental validation of an air-PCM storage unit comparing the effective heat capacity and enthalpy methods through CFD simulations

M Iten, S Liu, A Shukla - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Two computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models were developed for the simulation of an air-
thermal energy storage (TES) unit. The TES unit was experimentally tested with air flowing …

A solid–liquid model based on lattice Boltzmann method for phase change material melting with porous media in cylindrical heat exchangers

D Chen, A Riaz, VC Aute, R Radermacher - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are widely used in thermal energy storage systems as they
can absorb and release a large amount of heat during the phase change process. The …

An improved equivalent heat capacity method to simulate and optimize latent thermal energy storage units

R Zhan, B Zhang, L Liu, C Huan, D Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The numerical simulation of phase-change heat transfer using the traditional equivalent heat
capacity method often faces challenges in stability and accurately predicting solid-liquid …

Review on numerical algorithms for melting and solidification studies and their implementation in general purpose computational fluid dynamic software

SA Prakash, C Hariharan, R Arivazhagan… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have gained much attention due to their high ratio of
energy density to mass and their near isothermal behaviour during melting and …

Recent advances in CFD simulations of multiphase flow processes with phase change

SJ Li, LT Zhu, XB Zhang, ZH Luo - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase change is a phenomenon that has been extensively utilized in chemical engineering,
energy, electronics, vehicle, and space exploration. From both the science and engineering …

Examination of treatment of energy storage unit with inclusion of nanomaterial

L Qin, H Ayed, AM Alzubaidi, YA Rothan… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficacy of utilizing nano-sized particles of CNT in improvement of performance of thermal
system with purpose of ventilating a building has been demonstrated in this investigation …

Experimental investigation on the melting characteristics of n-octadecane with electric field inside macrocapsule

Z Sun, P Yang, K Luo, J Wu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Experiments on the melting characteristics of n-octadecane with electric field inside a cavity
are carried out. The classical differentially heated cavity is considered to explore the effect of …