Advances in thermal energy storage materials and their applications towards zero energy buildings: A critical review

J Lizana, R Chacartegui, A Barrios-Padura… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Buildings are responsible for one-third of the world's energy consumption, of which 60% is
due to heating and cooling. To accomplish the low-carbon energy goal in the building …

Review of the application of phase change material for heating and domestic hot water systems

MKA Sharif, AA Al-Abidi, S Mat, K Sopian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heating and domestic hot water (DHW) systems account for 75% of energy consumption in
residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Furthermore, thermal energy storage strongly …

Thermal performance evaluation of non-uniform fin array in a finned double-pipe latent heat storage system

A Shahsavar, A Goodarzi, HI Mohammed… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to evaluate the effects of fin arrangement in a vertical finned double-pipe
latent heat storage system based on the locations, thickness and diameter of the fins in …

Effect of porous medium and nanoparticles presences in a counter-current triple-tube composite porous/nano-PCM system

Z Li, A Shahsavar, AAAA Al-Rashed… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
To solve the problem of low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs), three
different methods including geometry modification, adding nanoparticles and metal foam are …

Composite metal foam/PCM energy store design for dwelling space air heating

PT Sardari, D Grant, D Giddings, GS Walker… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this numerical study is to develop a latent heat storage (LHS) air heater in
both charging and discharging processes to find the geometrical and operating conditions …

Advanced low-carbon energy measures based on thermal energy storage in buildings: A review

J Lizana, R Chacartegui, A Barrios-Padura… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage and management in builtable dings play a major role in the
transition towards a low-carbon economy. Buildings are the largest energy-consuming …

Energy recovery from domestic radiators using a compact composite metal Foam/PCM latent heat storage

PT Sardari, R Babaei-Mahani, D Giddings… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for energy consumption in domestic buildings and consequent
CO 2 emission, there is a need to provide proper products to reduce energy loss. Domestic …

Performance evaluation of melting/solidification mechanism in a variable wave-length wavy channel double-tube latent heat storage system

A Shahsavar, J Khosravi, HI Mohammed… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage and recovery in a double-pipe latent heat storage (LHS) system
with variable wave-length wavy channels were examined. The presence of wavy channels …

A numerical investigation of the melting heat transfer characteristics of phase change materials in different plate heat exchanger (latent heat thermal energy storage) …

B Gürel - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the melting heat transfer in plate heat exchanger LHTES (Latent Heat Thermal
Energy Storage) systems was numerically investigated. In the numerical analyses, using the …

Wavy channels triple-tube LHS unit with sinusoidal variable wavelength in charging/discharging mechanism

A Shahsavar, A Shaham… - … Communications in Heat …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel wavy channels triple-tube latent heat storage (LHS) unit accompanied by variable
wavelength is examined in charging/discharging mechanisms. The LHS triple-tube LHS unit …