Thermal energy storage (TES) is an emerging technique to store the surplus energy
generated during periods of excess supply and utilise it when demand arises. Phase …

Latent heat thermal energy storage with phase change materials can help mitigate the
imbalance between the energy supply and demand. Improving the discharging efficiency is …

The nonuniform melting of phase change materials (PCM) in the widely used vertical shell-
tube storage unit can significantly affect the thermal performance. To address this issue, the …

Solar air conditioning is an important approach to satisfy the high demand for cooling given
the global energy situation. The application of phase‐change materials (PCMs) in a thermal …

The paper presents an experimental investigation of a novel latent heat thermal energy
storage system. The new energy storage unit is a pillow plate type heat exchanger with multi …

Correlations predicting the transient behavior of latent heat thermal energy storage systems
without too many computational efforts are valuable for engineering practices. This …

Cylindrical latent heat storage units (CLHSUs) are attractive for the improvement of hot water
tanks' thermal performances. However, their successful application is limited by the low …

Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) is being widely
considered as one of the alternative solutions for effective use of solar energy. This paper …

Designing latent heat thermal energy storage systems is a cumbersome task and the
estimation of the performance of such a storage system normally involves experiments and …

In this study, experimental and numerical investigation for melting of paraffin wax is carried
out for a portable thermal energy accumulation system in a rectangular enclosure of size …