An overview of the preparation and characteristics of phase change materials with nanomaterials

AT Muzhanje, MA Hassan, S Ookawara… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
World over, research inventions have spiraled around sustainable energy solutions
including the advent of phase change material based thermal energy storage systems. The …

[HTML][HTML] What about greener phase change materials? A review on biobased phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications

O Okogeri, VN Stathopoulos - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand in conjunction with greater environmental concern has lifted
the development of sustainable energy sources, including materials for energy storage. The …

A comprehensive review of recent advances in materials aspects of phase change materials in thermal energy storage

CN Elias, VN Stathopoulos - Energy Procedia, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) is a dynamically
growing research area. The interest in this research field can be illustrated by the increasing …

Investigation on heat transfer and phase transition in phase change material (PCM) balls and cold energy storage tank

X Dong, G Gao, X Zhao, Z Qiu, C Li, J Zhang… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The phase-change based energy storage provides an excellent solution for the mismatch of
energy production and consumption. Cold energy storage tanks filled with PCM balls could …

A review on latent heat energy storage for solar thermal water-lithium bromide vapor absorption refrigeration system

D Raut, VR Kalamkar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Refrigeration has become an important part of human comfort and consumes almost 20% of
the total energy consumption of the commercial industry. Using fossil fuels to run …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and computational investigation of a latent heat energy storage system with a staggered heat exchanger for various phase change materials

MK Koukou, MG Vrachopoulos, NS Tachos… - Thermal Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work reports the operation of a Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage system (LHTES)
utilizing a staggered heat exchanger (HE) and using various organic Phase Change …

[HTML][HTML] Development and experimental testing of a compact thermal energy storage tank using paraffin targeting domestic hot water production needs

G Dogkas, J Konstantaras, MK Koukou… - Thermal Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a thermal energy storage tank using Phase Change Materials (PCM) is
experimentally investigated. It is part of a thermal storage technology based on solar …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the performance of a thermal energy storage unit with paraffin as phase change material, targeting buildings' cooling needs: an experimental …

G Dogkas, MK Koukou, J Konstantaras… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the reduction of the electricity cost for cooling buildings in hot climate zones, thermal
energy storage at low temperature using phase change materials is a potential solution. The …

Clean hydrogen and ammonia synthesis in Paraguay from the Itaipu 14 GW hydroelectric plant

M Rivarolo, G Riveros-Godoy, L Magistri… - ChemEngineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper aims at investigating clean hydrogen production from the large size (14 GW)
hydroelectric power plant of Itaipu, located on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, the …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental assessment of a full scale prototype thermal energy storage tank using paraffin for space heating application

MK Koukou, G Dogkas, MG Vrachopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a full scale prototype latent heat thermal energy storage unit has been
designed, constructed, and experimentally analysed for its performance considering heating …