Building consumes fossil fuel generated electricity to satisfy its air condition, heating and
artificial lighting load demand. Offsetting this building energy demand by employing energy …

Solar-powered freshwater harvesting is one of the accelerating trends today. Thanks to
those who have developed efficient light-absorbing materials, latent heat energy storage …

Applications of phase change materials (PCMs) have become of great interest in recent
years owing to beneficial effects on the thermal, mechanical and durability properties of …

Thermal energy storage in building envelopes is critical to promoting renewable energy,
implementation of which requires thermal performance enhancement of construction …

Due to the population growth and the increased reliance on cooling and heating systems,
buildings have become the largest energy consumer worldwide. The use of phase change …

This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of the latest work on structurally
stabilised composite phase change materials (SSCPCMs) for thermal energy storage, with a …

Phase change materials (PCMs) have been widely studied to decrease energy consumption
and dependency on fossil fuels that causes environmental concerns, and improve building …

Electric radiant floor heating system (ERFHS) with hydrate salt phase change material
(PCM) as thermal storage medium owns the advantages of improving indoor comfort with …

A numerical model based on the finite differences method was developed to analyze the
effect of seasonal variations, human comfort temperature, and wall design on the thermal …

In this study, capric-stearic acid (CA-SA) was employed as the phase change material
(PCM), while expanded perlite (EP) was utilized as the supporting material to prepare CA …