A review of analytical, numerical and experimental investigations of melting and ensuing
convection of phase change materials within enclosures with different shapes commonly …

Decreasing HVAC energy consumption through insulation effectiveness enables low energy
use, low carbon emissions, and high thermal comfort in sustainable buildings. PCMs for …

Abstract In the United States, forty-eight (48) percent of the residential end-use energy
consumption is spent on space heating and air conditioning. Reducing envelope-generated …

This work applies multi-objective optimization based on a genetic algorithm to design a wall-
type heat recovery and ventilation (HRV) unit equipped with a phase change material (PCM) …

The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the melting characteristics of a PCM
cylindrical thermal storage system using experimental and numerical approaches. Three …

Finned heat sinks equipped with phase change materials to store and release large
amounts of thermal energy and metal foams to increase overall thermal conductivity are a …

Melting of n-octadecane with CuO nanoparticle suspensions in a square enclosure is
studied experimentally and numerically. The container is subjected to a constant heat flux on …

For the numerical simulation of a heat storage based on phase change materials (PCMs) an
enhanced model is presented, considering the physical effects of convection flow in the …

This work experimentally and numerically investigates the thermal performance of a vertical
shell-and-tube heat exchanger, filled with a biological phase change material (PCM), linked …

In recent years, significantly increasing demand for air conditioning systems has led to
higher power consumption during on-peak hours. If optimized, latent heat thermal storage …