Micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) for solar photothermal absorption and storage: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

SA Albdour, Z Haddad, OZ Sharaf, A Alazzam… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

Recent advances on the applications of phase change materials for solar collectors, practical limitations, and challenges: A critical review

A Mourad, A Aissa, Z Said, O Younis, M Iqbal… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is the most serious problem humanity faces in the twenty-first century. To
avoid additional global warming, the world must transition away from fossil fuels and toward …

A comprehensive review on microchannel heat sinks for electronics cooling

ZQ Yu, MT Li, BY Cao - International Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The heat generation of electronic devices is increasing dramatically, which causes a serious
bottleneck in the thermal management of electronics, and overheating will result in …

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 …

A two-stage energy management for heat-electricity integrated energy system considering dynamic pricing of Stackelberg game and operation strategy optimization

Y Huang, Y Wang, N Liu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the flexibility and adjustability value of integrated energy system (IES) with
flexible energy units and multivariate adjustable load in urban energy market, this paper …

A three-dimensional unsteady numerical model on a novel aerogel-based PV/T-PCM system with dynamic heat-transfer mechanism and solar energy harvesting …

X Zheng, Y Zhou - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The daily increasing energy demand combined with global environmental issues has
promoted the development of a photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) system with onsite electrical and …

[HTML][HTML] Performance enhancement of phase change materials in triplex-tube latent heat energy storage system using novel fin configurations

P Yan, W Fan, Y Yang, H Ding, A Arshad, C Wen - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) has promising applications as an energy storage material in
thermal energy storage (TES) systems. However, the low thermal conductivity of PCM limits …

A review on synthesis, characterization and application of nanoencapsulated phase change materials for thermal energy storage systems

H Peng, J Wang, X Zhang, J Ma, T Shen, S Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoencapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) are expected to be one of the most
potential energy storage materials. After years of research and development, a mature and …

Effect of a rotating cylinder on convective flow, heat and entropy production of a 3D wavy enclosure filled by a phase change material

NAA Qasem, A Abderrahmane, S Ahmed… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, phase change material (PCM), as a thermal energy storage medium, is
considered within a 3D wavy cubic enclosure to investigate the effect of free and mixed …

Performance analysis of finned photovoltaic/thermal solar air dryer with using a compound parabolic concentrator

S Shoeibi, H Kargarsharifabad, SAA Mirjalily… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic thermal system is widely used in producing electricity and thermal from
solar energy. This study focused on improving the performance of the solar air heater …