This paper reviews phase change cold storage technology and its application in fresh products cold chain logistics, summarizes the classification, …
Due to growing consciousness regarding the environmental impact of fossil-based and non-sustainable materials in construction and building applications, there have been an increasing interest in bio-based and degradable materials in this industry. Due to their excellent chemical and thermo-physical properties for thermal energy storage, …
To guarantee the economy, stability, and energy-saving operation of the heating system, this study proposes coupling biogas and solar energy with a phase-change energy-storage heating system. The mathematical model of the heating system was developed, taking an office building in Xilin Hot, Inner Mongolia (43.96000° N, 116.03000° …
In this article, we systematically reviewed these strategies including (1) confinement of rigid PCM into flexible porous scaffolds, (2) encapsulation of PCM into …
Sodium sulfate decahydrate (Na 2 SO 4. 10H 2 O, SSD), a low-cost phase change material (PCM), can store thermal energy. However, phase separation and …
Interfacial solar evaporator synergistic phase change energy storage for all-day steam generation ... evaporation in 3.5% NaCl aqueous solution. Besides, in the outdoor experiment, the evaporator shows high water production of 8.42 L m −2 in the daytime and 1. ...
Thermal energy storage (TES) is of great importance in solving the mismatch between energy production and consumption. In this regard, choosing type of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) that are widely used to control heat in latent thermal energy storage systems, plays a vital role as a means of TES efficiency. However, this …
Thermal energy storage is being actively investigated for grid, industrial, and building applications for realizing an all-renewable energy world. Phase change …
<bold>Abstract:</bold> Phase-change energy storage is an important branch of energy science and technology due to its high latent heat of phase change, stable temperature …
The paper emphasizes the integration of phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage, also buttressing the use of encapsulated PCM for thermal storage and …
Herein, for the first time, a one-pot one-step (OPOS) protocol is developed for synthesizing TiO 2-supported PCM composite, in which porous TiO 2 is formed in situ in the solvent of …
Phase change materials (PCMs) are ideal carriers for clean energy conversion and storage due to their high thermal energy storage capacity and low cost. [] During the phase transition process, PCMs are able to store thermal energy in the form of latent heat, which is more efficient and steadier compared to other types of heat storage …
The goal of this research is to compare the thermal energy storage of the composites of graphene/paraffin and expanded graphite/paraffin for low-temperature applications and understand the role of graphene and expanded graphite in this regard. Paraffin with 5 °C phase change temperature (Pn5) was employed as the phase change …
A thermal storage unit using phase change materials (PCMs) can be used to supply energy to conventional active space heating and cooling systems at peak energy …
Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCM) have become promising solutions in addressing the energy fluctuation problem specifically in …
Phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage have been intensively studied because it contributes to energy conservation and emission reduction for sustainable energy use. Recently, the issues on shape stability, thermal conductivity, and mechanical properties have been addressed and effective measures have been proposed to deal with …
A novel concentrating solar thermal power system is described, in which a tubular sodium boiler receiver is coupled to a latent heat salt storage system using NaCl. The isothermal liquid-gas phase change of sodium is matched to the isothermal solid-liquid phase change of NaCl, at an appropriate temperature (around 800°C) for a range of ...
Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) has received increasing attention since the last decades, due to its great potential for energy savings and energy management in the building sector. As one of the main categories of organic PCMs, paraffins exhibit favourable phase change temperatures for solar thermal …
Comprehensive lists of most possible materials that may be used for latent heat storage are shown in Fig. 1(a–e), as reported by Abhat [4].Readers who are interested in such information are referred to the papers of Lorsch et al. [5], Lane et al. [6] and Humphries and Griggs [7] who have reported a large number of possible candidates for …
Phase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage significantly affects emerging applications, with recent advancements in enhancing heat capacity and cooling power. …