Thermal energy storage (TES) is increasingly important due to the demand-supply
challenge caused by the intermittency of renewable energy and waste heat dissipation to …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have received substantial interest for their ability to store
and release latent heat for energy conservation and thermal control purposes. PCMs are …

Abstract Latent Thermal Energy Storage (TES) has been widely recognized in the academic
community and regarded as one of the most promising technologies for heat storage. As one …

Improving the power usage effectiveness of data centers has become a significant challenge
for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. To address this, here we propose a single-phase …

Adding metal fins to extend the heat transfer area is a viable and effective technology to
improve the poor thermal conductivity of Phase-Change Material (PCM). The annular fin is …

Solar energy and other renewable energy resources are of great importance to solve the
energy crisis in the 21th century. In this regard, the energy storage systems play a vital role …

The spiral fins are widely employed as an innovative fin configuration in latent heat storage
units (LHSU) to improve the poor thermal conductivity of Phase Change Material (PCM). Its …

Heat pipe evacuated tube solar collectors (HPETCs) are utilized in solar water heating
systems, however, their thermal performance drops due to the intermittency of solar …

A significant challenge to the widespread use of practical latent heat energy storage systems
based on phase change materials is the inherent low thermal conductivity of these materials …

The dominant technology among latent heat thermal energy storage methods relies on solid–
liquid phase change. Since the primary disadvantage of phase change materials is low …