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 …

Review of fossil fuels and future energy technologies

N Abas, A Kalair, N Khan - Futures, 2015 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels production peaks, declines and depletions depend on their proved reserves,
exploration and consumption rates. Worldwide proven oil, gas and coal reserves are 1688 …

[HTML][HTML] Role of smart charging of electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid in integrated renewables-based energy systems on country level

D Bogdanov, C Breyer - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The energy transition based on variable renewable energy sources raises concerns on
satisfying the electricity demand at all hours of a year, which is amplified by the ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] Transportation in a 100% renewable energy system

A García-Olivares, J Solé, O Osychenko - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A 100% renewable economy would give a lasting solution to the challenges raised by
climate change, energy security, sustainability, and pollution. The conversion of the present …

Assessing tourism's global environmental impact 1900–2050

S Gössling, P Peeters - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper pioneers the assessment of tourism's total global resource use, including its fossil
fuel consumption, associated CO2 emissions, fresh water, land, and food use. As tourism is …

MEDEAS: A new modeling framework integrating global biophysical and socioeconomic constraints

I Capellán-Pérez, I De Blas, J Nieto… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A diversity of integrated assessment models (IAMs) coexists due to the different approaches
developed to deal with the complex interactions, high uncertainties and knowledge gaps …

[HTML][HTML] The limits of transport decarbonization under the current growth paradigm

I De Blas, M Mediavilla, I Capellán-Pérez… - Energy Strategy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Achieving ambitious reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) is particularly challenging for
transportation due to the technical limitations of replacing oil-based fuels. We apply the …

Peak oil and the low-carbon energy transition: A net-energy perspective

L Delannoy, PY Longaretti, DJ Murphy, E Prados - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the Pennsylvania oil rush of 1859, petroleum has quickly become the dominant fuel of
industrial society. The “Peak Oil” debate focused on whether or not there was an impending …

Recent development on heat transfer and various applications of phase-change materials

L Yang, X **, Y Zhang, K Du - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage and phase change materials (PCMs) have become one of the most
important research subjects in recent years. The present paper first introduces the …

Advances in catalytic electrooxidation of urea: A review

RK Singh, K Rajavelu, M Montag… - Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is technologically important for the development of a
renewable energy infrastructure. Urea electrolysis (UE) can be used to produce hydrogen …