Developments in organic solid–liquid phase change materials and their applications in thermal energy storage

Novel strategies and supporting materials applied to shape-stabilize organic phase change materials for thermal energy storage–A review

Thermal performance enhancement of composite phase change materials (PCM) using graphene and carbon nanotubes as additives for the potential application in lithium-ion power battery

A detailed overview of heat pipes is presented in this paper, including a historical perspective, principles of operations, types of heat pipes, heat pipe performance characteristics, heat pipe limitations, heat pipe frozen startup and shutdown, heat pipe analysis and simulations, and various applications of heat pipes. Over the last several decades, several factors have contributed to a major transformation in heat pipe science and technology . The first major contribution was the development and advances of new heat pipes, such as loop heat pipes, micro and miniature heat pipes, and pulsating heat pipes. In addition, there are now many new commercial applications that have helped contribute to the recent interest in heat pipes, especially related to the fields of electronic cooling and energy. For example, several million heat pipes are now manufactured each month since all modern laptops use heat pipes for CPU cooling. Numerical modeling, analysis, and experimental simulation of heat pipes have also significantly progressed due to a much greater understanding of various physical phenomena in heat pipes, as well as advances in computational and experimental methodologies.

http://m.thermalfluidscentral.org/journals/index.php/Heat_Pipes/article/view/360/362

Heat pipes: review, opportunities and challenges

The expectation of sustainable development of energy and environment has widely attracted public׳s attention, and the high-efficiency heat transfer device is greatly needed. As a new heat transfer device, pulsating heat pipe (PHP) has been considered have a bright prospect due to its obvious advantages – simple structure, low cost and excellent heat transfer capability. A number of experimental and theoretical researches have been conducted on PHP in the past decades since it was proposed by Akachi in 1990. However, due to the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic coupling effect, the operational mechanism of PHP is extremely complex and has not been completely revealed so far. With great expectation of applications for the PHP in the near future, this paper attempts to review the development of PHP on the basis of systematic summary of the latest results of both experimental and theoretical studies. Meanwhile, some promising and innovatory applications of the PHP are also reported. This paper is expected to provide basic reference for future researches.

Review of the development of pulsating heat pipe for heat dissipation

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18467/Lips_Experimental%282012%29.pdf?sequence=1

Experimental study of convective condensation in an inclined smooth tube. Part I: Inclination effect on flow pattern and heat transfer coefficient

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/19603/Lips_Two%282011%29.pdf?sequence=1

Two-phase flow in inclined tubes with specific reference to condensation: A review

Combined effects of the filling ratio and the vapour space thickness on the performance of a flat plate heat pipe

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18468/Lips_Experimental(2012).pdf;sequence=1

Stéphane Lips

Papers

Experimental study of convective condensation in an inclined smooth tube. Part I: Inclination effect on flow pattern and heat transfer coefficient

Two-phase flow in inclined tubes with specific reference to condensation: A review

Combined effects of the filling ratio and the vapour space thickness on the performance of a flat plate heat pipe

Experimental study of convective condensation in an inclined smooth tube. Part II : inclination effect on pressure drops and void fractions

Local entropy generation for saturated two-phase flow