A review of the composite phase change materials: Fabrication, characterization, mathematical modeling and application to performance enhancement

P Zhang, X **ao, ZW Ma - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are frequently and widely used in latent thermal energy
storage (LTES) system and thermal management (TM) system due to their large latent heats …

Concentrating solar thermal power and thermochemical fuels

M Romero, A Steinfeld - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Concentrated solar energy provides a virtually unlimited source of clean, non-polluting, high-
temperature heat. This article reviews the underlying principles of concentrating solar …

Solar Thermochemical CO2 Splitting Utilizing a Reticulated Porous Ceria Redox System

P Furler, J Scheffe, M Gorbar, L Moes, U Vogt… - Energy & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A solar cavity-receiver containing a reticulated porous ceramic (RPC) foam made of pure
CeO2 has been experimentally investigated for CO2 splitting via thermochemical redox …

High-temperature thermal storage using a packed bed of rocks–heat transfer analysis and experimental validation

M Hänchen, S Brückner, A Steinfeld - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
High-temperature thermal storage in a packed bed of rocks is considered for air-based
concentrated solar power plants. The unsteady 1D two-phase energy conservation …

Modeling, simulation, and design criteria for photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

S Haussener, C **ang, JM Spurgeon, S Ardo… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A validated multi-physics numerical model that accounts for charge and species
conservation, fluid flow, and electrochemical processes has been used to analyze the …

Thermochemical CO 2 splitting via redox cycling of ceria reticulated foam structures with dual-scale porosities

P Furler, J Scheffe, D Marxer, M Gorbar… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient heat transfer of concentrated solar energy and rapid chemical kinetics are desired
characteristics of solar thermochemical redox cycles for splitting CO2. We have fabricated …

On the effective thermal conductivity of aluminum metal foams: Review and improvement of the available empirical and analytical models

P Ranut - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Open cell metal foams are good candidates for augmenting the thermal performance of heat
sinks and compact heat exchangers, with the added benefits of lighter and more compact …

Numerical modelling of phase change material melting process embedded in porous media: Effect of heat storage size

P Talebizadeh Sardari, GS Walker… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this paper is to study the influence of enclosure size in latent heat thermal energy
storage systems embedded in a porous medium for domestic usage of latent heat thermal …

Heat transfer characteristics of a molten-salt thermal energy storage unit with and without heat transfer enhancement

P Zhang, X **ao, ZN Meng, M Li - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Eutectic molten salt can be used as the latent thermal energy storage (LTES) medium in
solar energy applications. In the present study, eutectic salt (50 wt% NaNO 3, 50 wt% KNO …

Thermochemical storage analysis of the dry reforming of methane in foam solar reactor

X Chen, F Wang, Y Han, R Yu, Z Cheng - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The high-temperature heat transfer and thermochemical storage performances of dry
reforming of methane in a foam reactor subjected to highly concentrated solar radiation is …