Phase change material (PCM) candidates for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) in concentrated solar power (CSP) based thermal applications-A review

DS Jayathunga, HP Karunathilake, M Narayana… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Solar energy offers over 2,945,926 TWh/year of global Concentrating Solar Power
(CSP) potential, that can be used to substitute fossil fuels in power generation and mitigate …

A critical review on heat transfer augmentation of phase change materials embedded with porous materials/foams

HM Ali, MM Janjua, U Sajjad, WM Yan - International Journal of Heat and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) is promising media for thermal energy storage owing to its
extensive value of latent heat (140–970 KJ/Kg). However, thermal conductivity of PCMs is …

Engineering the thermal conductivity of functional phase‐change materials for heat energy conversion, storage, and utilization

K Yuan, J Shi, W Aftab, M Qin, A Usman… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal energy storage technologies based on phase‐change materials (PCMs) have
received tremendous attention in recent years. These materials are capable of reversibly …

Strategies for phase change material application in latent heat thermal energy storage enhancement: Status and prospect

D Ghosh, J Ghose, P Datta, P Kumari, S Paul - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of phase change materials (PCMs) has enormous potential to store thermal energy
from a low-temperature heat source as well as from waste heat as latent heat. The amount of …

Improvement in thermal properties of PCM/Expanded vermiculite/expanded graphite shape stabilized composite PCM for building energy applications

PKS Rathore, S kumar Shukla - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates the combined effect of loading Expanded Graphite (EG) and
Expanded Vermiculite (EV) on the thermophysical properties of the low-cost commercially …

A review on encapsulation techniques for inorganic phase change materials and the influence on their thermophysical properties

YE Milián, A Gutierrez, M Grageda, S Ushak - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are characterized for storing a large amount of thermal
energy while changing from one phase to another (generally solid-liquid states) at a specific …

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 …

Selection principles and thermophysical properties of high temperature phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A review

G Wei, G Wang, C Xu, X Ju, L **ng, X Du… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase change thermal energy storage (TES) is a promising technology due to the large heat
capacity of phase change materials (PCM) during the phase change process and their …

Experimental investigation on the performance of RT-44HC-nickel foam-based heat sinks for thermal management of electronic gadgets

T Ambreen, H Niyas, P Kanti, HM Ali, CW Park - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A large amount of heat is generated during the operation of electronic gadgets. Efficient
thermal management is crucial for their safe operation and reliability. Phase change …

Effect of different dimensional carbon materials on the properties and application of phase change materials: A review

M Li, B Mu - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy storage plays a crucial role in saving energy and protecting the environment. The
research on phase change latent heat storage materials has been in the forefront of the …