A review of melting and freezing processes of PCM/nano-PCM and their application in energy storage

S Rostami, M Afrand, A Shahsavar, M Sheikholeslami… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are capable of storing energy as latent energy by changing
the phase and provide the stored energy when they are returned to their initial phase at a …

A review on carbon-based phase change materials for thermal energy storage

RK Mishra, K Verma, V Mishra, B Chaudhary - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials are attractive as well as being selected as one of the incredibly
fascinating materials relating to the high-energy storage system. Phase change materials …

Solidification enhancement with multiple PCMs, cascaded metal foam and nanoparticles in the shell-and-tube energy storage system

JM Mahdi, HI Mohammed, ET Hashim… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The thermal response of the shell-and-tube energy storage system consisting of multiple
segments holding separate phase-change materials (PCMs) of different melting points was …

A review of nanomaterial incorporated phase change materials for solar thermal energy storage

MA Nazari, A Maleki, MEH Assad, MA Rosen… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Phase Change Materials (PCMs) have being used in different solar energy systems
for thermal energy storage and performance enhancement. Improving heat transfer from …

Review of latent heat thermal energy storage for improved material stability and effective load management

KS Reddy, V Mudgal, TK Mallick - Journal of Energy Storage, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage is important to counter balance demand and supply of energy and
maintain balance in the system and boost the use of intermittent renewable energy source …

Investigation of using multi-layer PCMs in the tubular heat exchanger with periodic heat transfer boundary condition

HM Sadeghi, M Babayan, A Chamkha - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
Storing and releasing thermal energy at an almost constant temperature is the benefit of
employing phase change materials, which makes them a useful material to reduce energy …

Recent progresses and challenges in cooling techniques of concentrated photovoltaic thermal system: A review with special treatment on phase change materials …

MA Fikri, M Samykano, AK Pandey… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) system is one of the efficient and economical photovoltaics
(PV) technologies. The fundamental principle of using CPV system is a substitution of …

Inorganic salt hydrate for thermal energy storage application: A review

BK Purohit, VS Sistla - Energy Storage, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Salt hydrates are one of the most common inorganic compounds that are used as phase
change material (PCM). These are available for a wide range of phase transition …

Nano-enhanced phase change materials and fluids in energy applications: A review

S Nižetić, M Jurčević, M Arıcı, AV Arasu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCM) and
nanofluids incorporated in experimental systems, ie different applications. The effect of the …

Inorganic salt hydrate for thermal energy storage

N **e, Z Huang, Z Luo, X Gao, Y Fang, Z Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Using phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage has always been a hot
topic within the research community due to their excellent performance on energy …