With rapid development of data center industry, achieving low energy consumption and
costs become important. How to provide an optimal configuration on renewable distributed …

Improving the heat storage performance of latent heat storage systems plays a crucial role in
the utilization of solar energy. In this paper, a vertical shell-tube heat storage tank equipped …

The parabolic trough collector (PTC) system has been widely applied in concentrating solar
power (CSP) technology. The absorber tube of PTC has a significant impact on the solar …

High-efficient latent heat storage technology plays a crucial role in solar energy utilization. In
this study, a shell-and-tube heat storage tank employing a novel fin structure has been …

The propositions of bionics have led to the evolution of engineering technologies, such as
solar energy utilization and thermal energy storage. Inspired by the idea of the natural …

A spherical phase change material (PCM) capsule with embedded composite fins for latent
thermal energy storage is proposed and studied in this paper. A three-dimensional …

Due to the intermittent and fluctuating nature of solar energy, phase change thermal storage
technology plays a crucial role in the field of solar thermal energy utilization. As a current …

Expansion of infrastructure acquiring electricity from renewable sources determines the
necessity of energy storage technology development. For highly urbanized areas …

An experimental investigation that involved mixing inorganic phase change materials with
highly thermally conductive nanomaterials to boost their melting performance was carried …

Due to the low thermal conductivity of the phase change material and low thermal diffusion
inside the phase change material, this study seeks to improve the melting response of a …