Phase change materials (PCM) are considered promising tools for storing a high density of
thermal energy in heat storage systems. The inherent low thermal conductivity of PCM can …

Thermal energy storage and phase change materials (PCMs) have become one of the most
important research subjects in recent years. The present paper first introduces the …

For achieving greater efficiency of ventilating unit for a room, PCM has been utilized and
needed heat for melting process has been provided from hot air flow. The air gets warmer …

Solar energy, as a kind of renewable energy, offers a large reserve to be harvested at a
reasonably low cost for engineering applications. To decouple the temporal and spatial …

Phase change materials (PCM) are employed to store thermal energy in solar collectors,
heat pumps, heat recovery, hot and cold storage. PCMs are encapsulated primarily in shell …

Metal foams have high thermal conductivity and can be used to markedly improve the low
effective conductivity in phase change materials (PCMs) during the process of melting and …

Regulating photovoltaic (PV) cells temperature using phase change materials (PCMs) is
considered a promising thermal management strategy. In this study, a solar PV-PCM …

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 …

Photovoltaic (PV) power generation can directly convert solar radiation photons into
electrical energy, but PV panels produce a large amount of waste heat during absorption of …

Mechanical vibrations are unavoidable in thermal systems at certain times, but they do not
only have a bad effect. This paper presents the first pioneering study of the effect of vibration …