Recent progress, limitations, and future directions of macro-encapsulated phase change materials for building applications

IA Laasri, N Es-sakali, M Charai, MO Mghazli… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review discusses macro-encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) as a major
contributing factor in the development of future sustainable and energy-efficient heating and …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic and bio-derived composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: a thorough analysis and future research directions

MS Mohtasim, BK Das - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
Phase change heat storage has gained a lot of interest lately due to its high energy storage
density. However, during the phase shift process, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) …

Numerical studies on a fin-foam composite structure towards improving melting phase change

Z Du, G Liu, X Huang, T **ao, X Yang, YL He - International Journal of Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low thermal conductivity of phase change materials limits the large-scale application of
latent heat storage technology. It is meaningful to improve the thermal conductivity of phase …

[HTML][HTML] Performance enhancement of phase change materials in triplex-tube latent heat energy storage system using novel fin configurations

P Yan, W Fan, Y Yang, H Ding, A Arshad, C Wen - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) has promising applications as an energy storage material in
thermal energy storage (TES) systems. However, the low thermal conductivity of PCM limits …

Improving the performance of a PCM integrated solar air collector by adding porous fins over the bottom side of the absorber: A transient CFD study

A Khanlari, İ Aytaç, AD Tuncer, Hİ Variyenli… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, it is aimed to improve the utilization time period of a solar air collector by
integrating a PCM unit. In this context, a PCM unit was integrated to a single-pass solar air …

Performance investigation of a vertically configured LHTES via the combination of nano-enhanced PCM and fins: Experimental and numerical approaches

NB Khedher, RA Bantan, L Kolsi, M Omri - International Communications in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage using Phase Change Materials (PCM) with low thermal conductivity
presents one of the barriers to ensuring the storage and release of large heat quantities in a …

[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 …

Melting performance analysis of finned metal foam thermal energy storage tube under steady rotation

C Yang, Y Xu, XR Xu, M Bake, CM Wu, YR Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology based on solid-liquid phase
change material (PCM) is of great significance for the efficient utilization of thermal energy …

Investigation of different topology-optimized fin structures in a cylindrical latent heat thermal energy storage unit

IA Laasri, Z Elmaazouzi, A Outzourhit… - Thermal Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) has received great attention from many
researchers due to the high energy density of phase change materials (PCM), which helps …

[HTML][HTML] Leaf-vein bionic fin configurations for enhanced thermal energy storage performance of phase change materials in smart heating and cooling systems

P Yan, W Fan, Y Han, H Ding, C Wen, AFA Elbarghthi… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, we investigated the effect of different structures of a novel leaf vein
bionic fin and various arrangements in the tube on the complete melting time of phase …