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 …

Metal foams application to enhance the thermal performance of phase change materials: A review of experimental studies to understand the mechanisms

M Aramesh, B Shabani - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the main drawbacks of Phase change materials (PCMs) is their weak heat transfer
performance. Introducing open-cell metal foams (MFs) into PCM has been among the most …

PCM-assisted energy storage systems for solar-thermal applications: Review of the associated problems and their mitigation strategies

V Goel, A Dwivedi, R Kumar, R Kumar… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat energy storage (LHES) system is identified as one of the major research areas in
recent years to be used in various solar-thermal applications. However, there are various …

A numerical investigation of a heat transfer augmentation finned pear-shaped thermal energy storage system with nano-enhanced phase change materials

AM Saeed, A Abderrahmane, NAA Qasem… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage using latent heat and phase change materials is a frequently
utilized technique in energy storage systems. It is critical to search for various thermal …

Effect of a rotating cylinder on convective flow, heat and entropy production of a 3D wavy enclosure filled by a phase change material

NAA Qasem, A Abderrahmane, S Ahmed… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, phase change material (PCM), as a thermal energy storage medium, is
considered within a 3D wavy cubic enclosure to investigate the effect of free and mixed …

Anisotropic metal foam design for improved latent heat thermal energy storage in a tilted enclosure

M Ghalambaz, M Aljaghtham, AJ Chamkha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The metal foams are a promising candidate for the enhancement of heat transfer in latent
heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) units. These foams can be synthesized with …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances of selected passive heat transfer intensification methods for phase change material-based latent heat energy storage units: A review

M Rogowski, R Andrzejczyk - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
The following article overviews recent studies regarding heat transfer enhancement
methods, explicitly focusing on fins and coils utilization, in phase change material-based …

Analysis of applying fin for charging process of phase change material inside H-shaped thermal storage

M Izadi, A Hajjar, HM Alshehri, A Saleem… - … Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
An H-shaped Double thermal storage unit has been studied numerically. A middle wall is
sandwiched between two twin thermal storage cavities which are charging. The fins are …

[HTML][HTML] LSM and DTM-Pade approximation for the combined impacts of convective and radiative heat transfer on an inclined porous longitudinal fin

F Wang, RSV Kumar, G Sowmya, ER El-Zahar… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The novel exploration designates temperature variation through an inclined porous
longitudinal fine with convective radiative phenomenon. The Rosseland approximation is …

Optimization of nano-additive characteristics to improve the efficiency of a shell and tube thermal energy storage system using a hybrid procedure: DOE, ANN, MCDM …

M Algarni, MA Alazwari, MR Safaei - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Using nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) rather than pure PCM significantly
affects the melting/solidification duration and the stored energy, which are two critical design …