Recent advancements in latent heat phase change materials and their applications for thermal energy storage and buildings: A state of the art review

F Hassan, F Jamil, A Hussain, HM Ali… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have received substantial interest for their ability to store
and release latent heat for energy conservation and thermal control purposes. PCMs are …

Recent advances of low-temperature cascade phase change energy storage technology: A state-of-the-art review

L Liu, S Shao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspective of the system, cascade phase change energy storage (CPCES)
technology provides a promising solution. Numerous studies have thoroughly investigated …

A novel dual-PCM configuration to improve simultaneous energy storage and recovery in triplex-tube heat exchanger

M Mozafari, A Lee, S Cheng - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) is proposed to improve the simultaneous
storage and recovery processes via an effective dual-PCM configuration. The proposed …

Numerical study of a dual-PCM thermal energy storage unit with an optimized low-volume fin structure

M Mozafari, K Hooman, A Lee, S Cheng - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are widely used as storage mediums in latent
thermal energy storage systems and are useful to tackle the inconsistencies in energy …

Heat transfer augmentation in single and multiple (cascade) phase change materials based thermal energy storage: Research progress, challenges, and …

S Jain, KR Kumar, D Rakshit - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage technology is one of the prominent technologies for the efficient
utilization and conservation of intermittent solar energy. It provides a reliable storage …

Microencapsulation of high temperature metallic phase change materials with SiCN shell

K Wang, T Zhang, T Wang, C Xu, F Ye, Z Liao - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metallic phase change materials (PCMs) have the advantages of large phase change latent
heat, high heat storage density and broad application prospects in various high temperature …

Melting control of phase change material of semi-cylinders inside a horizontal baffled channel: Convective laminar fluid–structure interaction

SM Salih, AI Alsabery, AK Hussein, MA Ismael… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem studied in this paper consists of forced fluid flow inside a horizontal channel
involving two semi-cylinders and two flexible baffles attached alternatively to the lower and …

Emerging PEG/VO2 dual phase change materials for thermal energy storage

K Bai, C Li, B Xie, D Zhang, Y Lv, J Xiao, M He… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging PEG/VO 2 dual phase change materials (PCM) with phase transition temperature
gradients were prepared with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and vanadium dioxide (VO 2) …

Coupled parameters evaluation of three different finned structures for concentrated solar thermal energy storage

Z Elmaazouzi, IA Laasri, A Gounni, M El Alami… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to improve the heat transfer of three cylindrical shell and
tube exchangers including a novel honeycomb based finned structure, which is then …

Simultaneous energy storage and recovery in triplex-tube heat exchanger using multiple phase change materials with nanoparticles

M Mozafari, A Lee, S Cheng - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the thermal response of triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) systems
and their simultaneous storage and recovery qualities using novel designs with multiple …