Latest developments on TES and CSP technologies–Energy and environmental issues, applications and research trends

O Achkari, A El Fadar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The concentrating solar power (CSP) technology is promising especially for countries
having an abundance of solar resources in order to secure their energy supply, reduce their …

Basic oxygen furnace slag: Review of current and potential uses

TS Naidu, CM Sheridan, LD van Dyk - Minerals Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Steel slag, in particular, basic oxygen furnace slag (BOF-S)–a by-product in the steelmaking
industry–is an environmental challenge due both to the large volume of the material that is …

Preparation and characterization of multifunctional phase change material microcapsules with modified carbon nanotubes for improving the thermal comfort level of …

S Niu, J Cheng, Y Zhao, M Kang, Y Liu - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Excellent temperature regulation and flame retardancy are the keys to the wide application
of phase change material microcapsules (MPCMs) in building fields. In this study, the flame …

Shape-remodeled macrocapsule of phase change materials for thermal energy storage and thermal management

DH Yu, ZZ He - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports on a novel phase change material macrocapsule for thermal energy
storage, which can be dynamically and repeatably remodeled as needed to a complicated …

Heat storage and release performance analysis of CaCO3/CaO thermal energy storage system after doping nano silica

AA Khosa, CY Zhao - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
CaCO 3 is a promising material for thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems. It can
store and release heat upon reversible decarbonation to CaO, which emits heat through …

Bubble-driven flow enhancement of heat discharge of latent heat thermal energy storage

SH Choi, HS Ko, DK Sohn - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the use of bubble-driven flow on phase change material (PCM) is proposed to
improve the discharge performance of a latent heat thermal energy storage system (LHTES) …

Cascaded latent thermal energy storage using a charging control method

J Park, SH Choi, SW Karng - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Several studies have used thermal energy storage systems to store renewable heat energy.
Nevertheless, few studies have addressed the charging of renewable heat sources with …

A hybrid wind energy harvester based on a double-rotor reverse synergy mechanism for high-speed railway

X Zhou, C Dai, G Liu, X Tan, Z Zhang, Y Pan… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing expansion of high-speed railway, the power supply have become
increasingly crucial. This research proposes a HWEH to power sensors and small electrical …

A U-shaped kinetic energy harvester for application in a near-zero energy parking system

N Li, C Jia, Z Fang, Z Jiang, A Ahmed, D Hao… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the urbanization process, the quantity of parking lots is multiplying with a vast potential to
generate electricity. This paper proposes a novel speed bump-based energy-harvesting …

Effect of phase change material on thermal stratification of solar hot water tank with a mantle: A numerical analysis

B İzgi, M Arslan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of a 3D numerical model based on computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) simulations to investigate the effect of placing cylindrical encapsulated …