Phase change material (PCM) candidates for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) in concentrated solar power (CSP) based thermal applications-a review

DS Jayathunga, HP Karunathilake, M Narayana… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Solar energy offers over 2,945,926 TWh/year of global Concentrating Solar Power
(CSP) potential, that can be used to substitute fossil fuels in power generation and mitigate …

Heat transfer enhancement of latent heat thermal energy storage in solar heating system: A state-of-the-art review

W Liu, Y Bie, T Xu, A Cichon, G Królczyk, Z Li - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHETS) has been widely used in solar thermal
utilization and waste heat recovery on account of advantages of high-energy storage density …

Exploring mushy zone constant in enthalpy-porosity methodology for accurate modeling convection-diffusion solid-liquid phase change of calcium chloride …

WB Ye, M Arıcı - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mushy zone constant (A m) is a crucial parameter in the momentum source term of enthalpy-
porosity technique for modeling convection-diffusion solid-liquid phase change. Literature …

Improving the energy discharging performance of a latent heat storage (LHS) unit using fractal-tree-shaped fins

C Zhang, J Li, Y Chen - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The fractal tree-shaped structure has been demonstrated as a promising optimization
method to maximize the point-area heat flow access. Aiming to enhance the energy …

A review of performance investigation and enhancement of shell and tube thermal energy storage device containing molten salt based phase change materials for …

Q Li, C Li, Z Du, F Jiang, Y Ding - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) based latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) has a
significant role to play in conserving and efficient utilising energy, dealing with mismatch …

Applications of cascaded phase change materials in solar water collector storage tanks: a review

ME Zayed, J Zhao, AH Elsheikh, FA Hammad… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage plays a vital role to solve the problems related to the intermittent
nature of solar energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) have shown promising applications …

A review on container geometry and orientations of phase change materials for solar thermal systems

BMS Punniakodi, R Senthil - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

Review of the modeling approaches of phase change processes

T Zhang, D Huo, C Wang, Z Shi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, phase change materials have played an important role in the field of energy
storage because of their flexibility and high efficiency in energy storage and release …

Effects of particle sizes and tilt angles on dust deposition characteristics of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic system

H Lu, W Zhao - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The dust deposition behaviours of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and their
effects on the PV efficiency were numerically investigated. The shear stress transport k-ω …

Innovative ladder-shaped fin design on a latent heat storage device for waste heat recovery

Z Liu, Z Liu, J Guo, F Wang, X Yang, J Yan - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Latent heat energy storage system provides an alternative solution to solving the imbalance
problem of energy supply and demand. To improve the phase change efficiency, a novel …