This comprehensive review paper delves into the advancements and applications of thermal
energy storage (TES) in concrete. It covers the fundamental concepts of TES, delving into …

Performance improvement of convective heat transfer processes is significant for energy
conservation. Considering the trade-off between the heat transfer enhancement and the …

Possessing nontoxicity, high thermochemical energy storage density, and good compatibility
with supercritical CO 2 thermodynamic cycles, calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) is a very …

New avenues for thermal energy storage (TES) need to be investigated due to the lack of
competitiveness of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies. Solutions must be found …

Heat conduction optimization with arbitrary boundary conditions is a challenging problem
that lacks a universal optimization criterion. In the present work, the concept of generalized …

Direct steam generation coupled is a promising solar-energy technology, which can reduce
the growing dependency on fossil fuels. It has the potential to impact the power-generation …

Heat conduction optimization benefits many important applications and attracts researchers'
interest unceasingly. Here we present an alternative heat conduction optimization algorithm …

Thermal energy storage (TES) system plays an essential role in the utilization and
exploitation of renewable energy sources. Over the last two decades, single-tank …

Abstract Volume-to-point (VP) problem is a classic prototype of heat conduction optimization
and benefits important applications such as electronic devices thermal management …

Heat transfer optimization principle is critically important for further explaining the underlying
mechanisms and guiding practical designs of heat transfer processes. Recently, the …