Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications

HM Ali, T Rehman, M Arıcı, Z Said, B Duraković… - Progress in Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) is increasingly important due to the demand-supply
challenge caused by the intermittency of renewable energy and waste heat dissipation to …

Integration of solar thermal collectors and heat pumps with thermal energy storage systems for building energy demand reduction: A comprehensive review

SM Vahidhosseini, S Rashidi, SH Hsu, WM Yan… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar energy, coupled with innovative technologies, holds the promise of propelling
buildings towards net-zero and carbon neutrality. In this regard, this review explores the …

Review of solidification and melting performance of phase change materials in the presence of magnetic field, rotation, tilt angle, and vibration

FL Rashid, A Rahbari, RK Ibrahem… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the poor thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs), the operation of
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) is restricted by the limited heat exchange rate …

Parametric study of phase change time reduction in a shell-and-tube ice storage system with anchor-type fin design

F Afsharpanah, SSM Ajarostaghi, M Arıcı - International Communications in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper introduces an innovative anchor-type longitudinal fin design that copes with the
sluggish phase change process in shell-and-tube ice storage units by covering the regions …

Effects of non-uniform fin arrangement and size on the thermal response of a vertical latent heat triple-tube heat exchanger

K Chen, HI Mohammed, JM Mahdi, A Rahbari… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to explore the impact of incorporating annular fins with nonuniform
distribution on the thermal response of phase change material in a vertical triple-tube heat …

Heat transfer enhancement technology for fins in phase change energy storage

X Zhu, Y Li, Q Zhu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In the process of industrial waste heat recovery, phase change heat storage technology has
become one of the industry's most popular heat recovery technologies due to its high heat …

Intensifying the thermal response of PCM via fin-assisted foam strips in the shell-and-tube heat storage system

JM Mahdi, FT Najim, IMA Aljubury, HI Mohammed… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
An approach for intensifying the thermal response of phase-change materials (PCMs) in the
shell-and-tube containment system via applying fin-assisted foam strips was proposed in …

[HTML][HTML] Energy storage performance improvement of phase change materials-based triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) using liquid–solid interface-informed fin …

B Palmer, A Arshad, Y Yang, C Wen - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The future of power generation is predicted to be greener with greater uptake in renewable
energy which will be more intermittent and make matching demand harder. Latent thermal …

Thermal energy storage with PCMs: A comprehensive study of horizontal shell and multi-tube systems with finned design

SSM Ajarostaghi, A Amirsoleymani, M Arıcı… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its unique qualities and advantages, phase change materials (PCMs) are crucial for
thermal energy storage in various applications. The poor conductivity of PCMs is known to …

A hybrid solidification enhancement in a latent-heat storage system with nanoparticles, porous foam, and fin-aided foam strips

NB Khedher, JM Mahdi, HS Majdi, WK Al-Azzawi… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The relatively high storage density and negligible temperature stratification of phase-
changing materials (PCMs) facilitate their application as storage modules for managing the …