Thermal energy storage (TES) is increasingly important due to the demand-supply
challenge caused by the intermittency of renewable energy and waste heat dissipation to …

Currently, the energy grid is changing to fit the increasing energy demands but also to
support the rapid penetration of renewable energy sources. As a result, energy storage …

The world is rapidly adopting renewable energy alternatives at a remarkable rate to address
the ever-increasing environmental crisis of CO 2 emissions. Renewable energy system …

This paper introduces the recent developments in Renewable Energy Systems for building
heating, cooling and electricity production with thermal energy storage. Due to the needed …

Due to high energy storage densities and reduced requirement of maintenance or moving
parts, phase change materials are believed to have great potential as thermal energy …

Solar thermal energy is extensively used in industrial and domestic applications like solar
drying operation, space heating, water heating, desalting of water, etc. A solar collector is …

The packed-bed latent thermal energy storage system (PLTES) is the key to ensuring stable
and effective energy output in the process of resource utilization. It has great application …

Benefiting from high thermal storage density, wide temperature regulation range,
operational simplicity, and economic feasibility, latent heat-based thermal energy storage …

The energy demand for space cooling has more than tripled for the past thirty years and was
responsible for emissions of about 1 Gt CO 2 annually. The ever-increasing energy demand …

Metal foams have high thermal conductivity and can be used to markedly improve the low
effective conductivity in phase change materials (PCMs) during the process of melting and …