A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application

X Wang, W Li, Z Luo, K Wang, SP Shah - Energy and buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Building construction deserves many attentions due to its huge energy consumption, while
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) provide positive solutions for improving energy efficiency …

Strategies for phase change material application in latent heat thermal energy storage enhancement: Status and prospect

D Ghosh, J Ghose, P Datta, P Kumari, S Paul - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of phase change materials (PCMs) has enormous potential to store thermal energy
from a low-temperature heat source as well as from waste heat as latent heat. The amount of …

Effect of a rotating cylinder on convective flow, heat and entropy production of a 3D wavy enclosure filled by a phase change material

NAA Qasem, A Abderrahmane, S Ahmed… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, phase change material (PCM), as a thermal energy storage medium, is
considered within a 3D wavy cubic enclosure to investigate the effect of free and mixed …

[HTML][HTML] A review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials enhanced by metal foams

B Buonomo, MR Golia, O Manca, S Nardini - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the mismatch between energy demand and energy production, in the last years the
study of latent thermal energy storage systems has been significantly growing. This work …

Control of the melting process in a rectangular energy storage chamber filled with phase change material in the presence of an oscillating and rotating cylinder

SD Farahani, S Mohammadi, AD Farahani… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present research, the efficacy of rotating and oscillating cylinders on the melting
process in a rectangular chamber has been investigated numerically. Porosity-enthalpy …

Performance analysis of nanoparticles-enhanced PCM: An experimental approach

M Nitsas, IP Koronaki - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an experimental analysis of organic PCM is conducted. It includes an
experimental study of paraffin type organic phase change material while suggesting a way …

Enhancing solar still productivity in tropical climate with conductive particle-assisted phase change material

JH Tan, YY Liew, R Bahar, HK Jun, J Low - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar desalination may become the sustainable solution to mitigate freshwater scarcity with
growing demand. However, conventional solar stills for desalination are limited to low …

A numerical study on the capacity improvement of cylindrical battery cooling systems using nano-enhanced phase change material and axisymmetric stepped fins

B Sazvar, H Moqtaderi - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
A numerical study is conducted to investigate cylindrical battery cooling systems based on
phase change materials (PCM), as a passive thermal management method. This paper …

Effects of flexible fins on melting process in a phase change material filled circular cavity

Ö Akbal, F Selimefendigil, HF Öztop - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, melting process in a phase change material (PCM) filled annular closed space
by using flexible fins is analyzed. Cases with different number of flexible fins and without fin …

[HTML][HTML] Computational investigation of magnetohydrodynamic flow and melting process of phase change material in a battery pack using the lattice Boltzmann …

A Rahmani, M Dibaj, M Akrami - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
This study employs the lattice Boltzmann method to investigate the magnetohydrodynamic
(MHD) flow and melting process of phase change material (PCM) in a battery pack. The …