Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

PCM, nano/microencapsulation and slurries: A review of fundamentals, categories, fabrication, numerical models and applications

K Ghasemi, S Tasnim, S Mahmud - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable energy is among the ever-increasing concerns in modern society. In this regard,
thermal energy storage (TES) working based on latent heat has shown great potential by …

Depth optimization of solidification properties of a latent heat energy storage unit under constant rotation mechanism

X Huang, F Li, L Lu, Z Li, X Yang, J Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Latent heat storage technology plays an important role in the effective utilization of clean
energy such as solar energy in building heating, but the low thermal conductivity of heat …

A review on micro-encapsulated phase change materials (EPCM) used for thermal management and energy storage systems: Fundamentals, materials, synthesis and …

Y Sheikh, MO Hamdan, S Sakhi - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Encapsulated phase change materials (EPCMs) have gained significant attention in various
fields related to cooling and heating, particularly in thermal energy storage, owing to their …

Free convection heat transfer analysis of a suspension of nano–encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an inclined porous cavity

M Ghalambaz, SAM Mehryan, I Zahmatkesh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, free convection heat transfer of a suspension of Nano–Encapsulated
Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) is simulated and discussed in an inclined porous cavity …

Simulation of mixed-convection of water and nano-encapsulated phase change material inside a square cavity with a rotating hot cylinder

AN Sadr, M Shekaramiz, M Zarinfar, A Esmaily… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano-encapsulated PCM consists of a solid shell and a phase change material (PCM) in the
core that improves the thermal properties of base fluids. The heat capacity of the nanofluid …

Entropy generation and heat transfer performance analysis of a non-Newtonian NEPCM in an inclined chamber with complicated heater inside

AS Dogonchi, NS Bondareva, MA Sheremet… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present research deals with thermic energy storage structures based on nano-
encapsulated phase change material with a complicated charger inside the storage system …

Numerical study on natural convection of Ag–MgO hybrid/water nanofluid inside a porous enclosure: A local thermal non-equilibrium model

SAM Mehryan, M Ghalambaz, AJ Chamkha, M Izadi - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the natural convection of Ag-MgO/water nanofluids within a porous
enclosure using a Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium (LTNE) model. The Darcy model is …

Double-diffusive natural convection with Soret/Dufour effects and energy optimization of nano-encapsulated phase change material in a novel form of a wavy-walled I …

T Tayebi, S El-Sapa, N Karimi, AS Dogonchi… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background As building segment grows in parallel with amplifying population, the necessity
for consumption of energy needed to passive and active heating or cooling buildings for …

Efficacy of exothermic reaction on the thermal-free convection in a nano-encapsulated phase change materials-loaded enclosure with circular cylinders inside

AA Pasha, T Tayebi, M MottahirAlam, K Irshad… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current research may well be carried out to dissect the efficacy of exothermic reaction on
the thermal behavior of suspension of Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials …