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TL;DR: A review of the major studies on the hybrid heat transfer enhancement techniques can be found in this paper, where it was found that best enhancement is achieved via the hybrid application of the heat pipe with fins or metal foam.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel fin configuration in triplex-tube storage compared to the use of nanoparticles was used to achieve better PCM melting rate in thermal energy storage with phase change materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) with phase change materials (PCMs) has been found to be a very efficient energy storage application for this purpose, but the low thermal conductivity of PCMs makes them unable to give the desired response for storage and recovery.

TL;DR: In this article, an innovative fin configuration, based on snowflake crystal structure, has been employed to enhance the performance of LHTESS during the discharging process, also the efficiency of nanoparticle dispersion in pure PCM and adding fin with different structures has been examined from the viewpoint of either discharging expedition or maximum energy storage capacity, which are proposed as the novelties here.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of finned heat pipe assisted LHTESS with nano-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) was numerically investigated from the viewpoint of discharging process.