As evident from the literature, development of phase change materials is one of the most active research fields for thermal energy storage with higher efficiency. This review focuses on the application of various phase change materials based on
Customer ServiceWith the sharp increase in modern energy consumption, phase change composites with the characteristics of rapid preparation are employed for thermal energy storage to meet the challenge of energy crisis. In this study, a NaCl-assisted carbonization process was used to construct porous Pleurotus eryngii carbon with ultra-low volume shrinkage rate of 2%,
Customer ServiceAbstract. Phase change materials (PCMs) are promising for storing thermal energy as latent heat, addressing power shortages. Growing demand for concentrated solar power systems has spurred the development of latent thermal energy storage, offering steady temperature release and compact heat exchanger designs. This study explores melting and
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy storage applications. However, the relatively low thermal conductivity of the majority of promising PCMs (<10 W/ (m ⋅ K)) limits the power
Customer ServiceThese experiments investigated the effects of several control parameters such as inlet air temperature, inlet speed, inlet humidity, and spray flow on the cooling performance
Customer ServiceFeaturing phase-change energy storage, a mobile thermal energy supply system (M-TES) demonstrates remarkable waste heat transfer capabilities across various spatial scales and temporal durations, thereby effectively optimizing the localized energy distribution structure—a pivotal contribution to the attainment of objectives such as "carbon peak"...
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy stor-age applications. However, the relatively low thermal conductivity of the majority of promising PCMs (<10 W/(m K)) limits the power density and overall storage efficiency.
Customer ServiceThis study aims to utilize solar energy and phase change thermal storage technology to achieve low carbon cross-seasonal heating. The system is modelled using the open source EnergyPlus software
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy storage applications. However, the relatively low thermal conductivity of the majority of promising PCMs (<10 W/ (m ⋅ K)) limits the power density and overall storage efficiency.
Customer ServicePhoto-thermal conversion phase-change composite energy storage materials (PTCPCESMs) are widely used in various industries because of their high thermal conductivity, high photo-thermal conversion efficiency, high latent heat storage capacity, stable physicochemical properties, and energy saving effect. PTCPCESMs are a novel type material
Customer ServiceThese experiments investigated the effects of several control parameters such as inlet air temperature, inlet speed, inlet humidity, and spray flow on the cooling performance of the integrated cooling device, confirming the feasibility and high efficiency of
Customer ServiceFeaturing phase-change energy storage, a mobile thermal energy supply system (M-TES) demonstrates remarkable waste heat transfer capabilities across various spatial scales and temporal durations, thereby
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy stor-age applications. However, the relatively low thermal
Customer ServicePhase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage significantly affects emerging applications, with recent advancements in enhancing heat capacity and cooling power. This perspective by Yang et al.
Customer ServiceLatent heat storage systems are an effective way of storing thermal energy. Recently, phase change materials were considered also in the thermal control of compact
Customer ServicePhase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage significantly affects emerging applications, with recent advancements in enhancing heat capacity and cooling power. This perspective by Yang et al. discusses PCM thermal energy storage progress, outlines research challenges and new opportunities, and proposes a roadmap for the research
Customer ServiceBy investigating the literatures, it is found that the phase change heat storage technology is not only related to the phase change material, but also associates with the phase change heat storage device. Therefore, how to enhance the performance of the device is divided into two aspects in this paper: On the one hand, phase change material should be researched.
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) are widely used in new energy storage fields such as industrial waste heat recovery and solar heat recovery. However, the low thermal conductivity of PCMs causes the slow heat storage
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) are widely used in new energy storage fields such as industrial waste heat recovery and solar heat recovery. However, the low thermal conductivity of PCMs causes the slow heat storage efficiency of PCMs, resulting in
Customer ServiceAn important prerequisite to select a reliable phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage applications is to test it under application conditions. In the case of solid–liquid PCM, a large amount of thermal energy can be stored and released in a small temperature range around the solid–liquid phase transition. Therefore, to test the long-term stability of solid–liquid PCM
Customer ServiceCurrently, solar-thermal energy storage within phase-change materials relies on adding high thermal-conductivity fillers to improve the thermal-diffusion-based charging rate, which often leads to limited enhancement of charging speed and sacrificed energy storage capacity. Here we report the exploration of a magnetically enhanced photon
Customer ServiceCurrently, solar-thermal energy storage within phase-change materials relies on adding high thermal-conductivity fillers to improve the thermal-diffusion-based charging rate, which often leads to limited enhancement of
Customer ServiceIn this work, 18 experimental devices to investigate the long-term stability of PCM are presented. The experiments can be divided into thermal cycling stability tests, tests on PCM with stable supercooling, and tests on the stability of phase change slurries (PCS).
Customer ServiceLatent heat storage systems are an effective way of storing thermal energy. Recently, phase change materials were considered also in the thermal control of compact electronic devices....
Customer ServiceMagnetically-responsive phase change thermal storage materials are considered an emerging concept for energy storage systems, enabling PCMs to perform unprecedented functions (such as green energy utilization, magnetic thermotherapy, drug release, etc.). The combination of multifunctional magnetic nanomaterials and PCMs is a milestone in the creation of advanced
Customer ServiceAgyenim et al. (Agyenim et al., 2009) studied three kinds of phase-change energy storage devices, namely, energy storage devices without enhanced heat transfer, energy storage devices with circular fins, and energy
Customer ServiceThe present study proposes the phase change material (PCM) as a thermal energy storage unit to ensure the stability and flexibility of solar-energy-based heating and cooling systems. A mathematical model is developed to evaluate the PCM melting process, considering the effect of nanoparticles on heat transfer. We evaluate the role of nanoparticles (Al2O3-,
Customer ServicePhase-changing materials are nowadays getting global attention on account of their ability to store excess energy. Solar thermal energy can be stored in phase changing material (PCM) in the forms of latent and sensible heat. The stored energy can be suitably utilized for other applications such as space heating and cooling, water heating, and further industrial processing where low
Customer ServiceIn this work, 18 experimental devices to investigate the long-term stability of PCM are presented. The experiments can be divided into thermal cycling stability tests, tests on PCM with stable
Customer ServiceAs evident from the literature, development of phase change materials is one of the most active research fields for thermal energy storage with higher efficiency. This review
Customer ServicePhase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy storage applications. However, the relatively low thermal conductivity of the majority of promising PCMs (<10 W/ (m ⋅ K)) limits the power density and overall storage efficiency.
By implementing fin arrangements on the inner wall of the heat storage module, a remarkable upsurge in the liquid phase-transition rate of the phase-change material is achieved in comparison to the design lacking fins—this improvement approximating around 30%.
Fragnito et al. explored the performance of heat exchangers with biological phase-change materials in chilled thermal energy systems through research experiments and numerical modelling, revealing that the design limits the thermal storage potential of the phase-change materials.
Comparison of various energy storage technologies. Every energy storage technology has a certain environmental impact; in the case of LHTES materials recycling is difficult. The environmental cost associated with the production of the chemicals always exists, such as materials used for the encapsulation of the PCMs are toxic in nature.
The heat stored in the phase-change material is calculated using Equation (9): Qs=∫titmmCpsdt+mΔq+∫tmtfmCpldt (9) where ti, tm, and tfare the initial, final, and melting temperatures, respectively; mis the mass of the PCM; Cpsand Cplare the specific heats of the solid and liquid phases; and ∆qis the latent heat of phase transition. 2.4.
A thorough literature survey on the phase change materials for TES using Web of Science led to more than 4300 research publications on the fundamental science/chemistry of the materials, components, systems, applications, developments and so on, during the past 25 years.
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