This study illuminates the groundbreaking innovation and real-world utility of Latent Heat
Thermal Energy Storage (LHTES) systems, unveiling an advanced and readily deployable …

Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCM) proved to be a promising
technology because of its relative advantages over the other types of energy storage …

The popular application of latent heat storage (LHS) units using phase change materials is
limited in converting and utilizing renewable energy due to their poor thermal efficiency. To …

Thermal energy storage (TES) has been playing a crucial role in addressing the issue of
solving the intermittent and random problems in solar energy utilization. The objective of this …

Phase change materials are promising options for thermal energy storage and thermal
energy devices. However, their low thermal conductivity lowers their charging and …

Application of different heat transfer augmentation techniques, including the use of fins or
foams, were investigated to enhance the melting rate of a solid phase change material …

Abstract A new Evacuated Tube Solar Collector (ETSC) incorporating a Nano-PCM with fins
is presented and studied. The numerical mathematical 2D model of phase change heat …

This paper numerically investigates the melting performance of triplex-layer phase change
materials (PCMs) in a horizontal shell and tube latent thermal energy storage (LTES) unit …

In recent years, phase change materials have played an important role in the field of energy
storage because of their flexibility and high efficiency in energy storage and release …

Large-scale deployment of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) based Latent Heat Thermal
Storage (LHTS) systems is limited by the low charging and discharging rates of the PCMs. In …