An overview of fundamental studies and applications of phase change material slurries to secondary loop refrigeration and air conditioning systems

P Zhang, ZW Ma - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Phase change material slurries (PCS) can be employed in the refrigeration and air
conditioning systems as both secondary refrigerant and cold energy storage media …

Thermophysical heat storage for cooling, heating, and power generation: A review

PH Feng, BC Zhao, RZ Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of energy storage is to resolve the time-scale mismatch between supply and
demand, which plays a key role in high-efficiency and low-carbon energy systems. Based on …

[BOEK][B] Thermal energy storage: systems and applications

I Dincer, MA Rosen - 2011 - books.google.com
The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitate energy savings, renewable
energy use and reduce environmental impact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest …

Flow and heat transfer characteristics of ice slurry in typical components of cooling systems: A review

J Wang, F Battaglia, S Wang, T Zhang, Z Ma - International Journal of Heat …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ice slurry is attracting increasing attention owing to its high cooling rate, heat transfer
capability and energy storage density. This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of ice …

Review on high ice packing factor (IPF) ice slurry: Fabrication, characterization, flow characteristics and applications

Z Zhou, G Zhang, W Lu, M Luo, Z Wu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
Ice slurry has been widely used in various cold storage scenarios because of its
environmental friendliness, pumpability, high cold storage density and fast load response …

Momentum transfer of ice slurry flows in tubes, experimental investigations

B Niezgoda-Żelasko, W Zalewski - International journal of refrigeration, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper we present results of the studies of ice slurry flow in horizontal tubes. The
possibility of treating the rheological parameters of ice slurry as being those of Bingham fluid …

Thermo-fluidic characteristics of ice slurry in horizontal circular pipes

P Zhang, XJ Shi - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015 - Elsevier
Ice slurry is composed of ice particles and aqueous solution, and it can be utilized as cold
storage medium and secondary refrigerant in a secondary-loop refrigeration. In the present …

Pressure drop characteristics and rheological modeling of ice slurry flow in pipes

ACS Monteiro, PK Bansal - International journal of refrigeration, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review on the pressure drop in pipes for ice slurry flows. The variation
of the pressure drop as a function of slurry velocity, pipe diameter as well as ice …

Flow visualizations and pressure drop measurements of isothermal ice slurry pipe flows

A Bordet, S Poncet, M Poirier, N Galanis - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of the present project is to analyze the flow patterns resulting from isothermal
ice slurries flowing in a straight horizontal pipe using combined flow visualizations and …

Simulation on transportation safety of ice slurry in ice cooling system of buildings

Q Tian, G He, H Wang, D Cai - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
Ice storage systems are capable of shifting the electricity demand from on-peak hours to off-
peak hours, and ice slurry becomes more widely used as an efficient cooling medium for …