Recent advancements in latent heat phase change materials and their applications for thermal energy storage and buildings: A state of the art review

F Hassan, F Jamil, A Hussain, HM Ali… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) have received substantial interest for their ability to store
and release latent heat for energy conservation and thermal control purposes. PCMs 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 …

Finding the best station in Belgium to use residential-scale solar heating, one-year dynamic simulation with considering all system losses: economic analysis of using …

R Kalbasi, M Jahangiri, A Mosavi, SJH Dehshiri… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study is to provide the heating power for space heating and
sanitary hot water for a residential house in sixteen stations located in Belgium using …

Sustainability of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings—An overview

N Asim, M Badiei, M Mohammad, H Razali… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing demand on heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and their
importance, as the respiratory system of buildings, in develo** and spreading various …

CFD modeling and experimental validation of the thermal performance of a novel dynamic PCM Trombe wall: Comparison with the companion static wall with and …

S Zhou, AG Razaqpur - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
To reduce the heat loss from the PCM Trombe wall and increase its thermal efficiency, an
innovative dynamic Trombe wall incorporating a PCM layer on one face and an insulation …

Achieving heat storage coatings from ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers and phase change nano-capsules with excellent flame-retardant and thermal comfort …

H Chen, Y Ma, X Sheng, Y Chen - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2024 - Elsevier
The heat-storage coatings from ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers were developed by
incorporating in-situ synthesized phase change nano-capsules (NEPCMs). The coatings …

Taking benefits of using PCMs in buildings to meet energy efficiency criteria in net zero by 2050

R Kalbasi, B Samali, M Afrand - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering the share of 40% and 35% of buildings in energy consumption as well as CO 2
emissions, adding phase change materials (PCMs) is an effective technique to tackle high …

Energy-saving of building envelope using passive PCM technique: A case study of Kuwait City climate conditions

AAAA Al-Rashed, AA Alnaqi, J Alsarraf - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the Kuwaiti climate region, the residential sector accounts for 64% of electricity
consumption. Due to the hot climate for this region, the share of cooling power usage to …

Optimization of nano-additive characteristics to improve the efficiency of a shell and tube thermal energy storage system using a hybrid procedure: DOE, ANN, MCDM …

M Algarni, MA Alazwari, MR Safaei - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Using nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) rather than pure PCM significantly
affects the melting/solidification duration and the stored energy, which are two critical design …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review on energy-efficient concrete: Indicators, performance metrics, strategies, and future trends

P Zandifaez, AA Nezhad, H Zhou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing production of concrete is prompting concerns about the sustainability of the
construction sector. Therefore, the mitigation of the environmental footprints of concrete as a …