Interest in phase change material emulsions (PCMEs) as advanced thermal storage and
heat transfer media is growing and this is leading to an increase in the number of articles on …

Clathrate hydrates are well known structures that were considered for many years as
harmful by the oil and gas industry because of their annoying tendency to plug pipelines …

The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitate energy savings, renewable
energy use and reduce environmental impact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest …

In the refrigeration field, the use of ice slurries (suspensions of ice) as secondary refrigerant
fluids is spreading. This technology could be extended to air-conditioning systems provided …

The use of ice slurries dates back many millenniums, eg the ancient Romans applied the
cooling of snow-water and ice-water mixtures. Approximately two decades ago a …

The interest in using phase change slurry (PCS) media as thermal storage and heat transfer
fluids is increasing and thus leading to an enhancement in the number of articles on the …

The flow and convective heat transfer behaviors of microencapsulated phase change
material (MPCM) slurries in a horizontal circular tube have been experimentally …

Currently, the addition of antifreeze additives or admixtures to cemented paste backfill (CPB)
during its preparation is an inexpensive technology to address the risk of CPB freezing …

The role of energy storage is to resolve the time-scale mismatch between supply and
demand, which plays a key role in high-efficiency and low-carbon energy systems. Based on …

Phase change material slurries (PCS) can be employed in the refrigeration and air
conditioning systems as both secondary refrigerant and cold energy storage media …