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A review on phase change energy storage: materials and applications
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In this paper, a review of the phase change materials (PCM) and their application in energy storage is presented, where the main advantages of encapsulation are providing large heat transfer area, reduction of the PCMs reactivity towards the outside environment and controlling the changes in volume of the storage materials as phase change occurs.About:
This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2004-06-01. It has received 2636 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal energy storage & Energy storage.read more
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On the expedited melting of phase change material (PCM) through dispersion of nanoparticles in the thermal storage unit
TL;DR: The enthalpy-based lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulation of ice melting enhanced through dispersion of Cu-nanoparticles in annuli using a double distribution function (DDF) model to solve the convection-diffusion equation including nonlinear convection and isotropic diffusion terms.
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Experimental study on the selection of phase change materials for low temperature applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a TES system using phase change materials (PCM) for low temperature applications such as commercial freezers is studied and a set of PCM formulations based on ammonium chloride-water binary system were tested and analyzed to provide information useful for the selection of the PCM with regards to their melting range, latent heat, stability under cycling, and cost.
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Enhancing energy recovery in the steel industry: Matching continuous charge with off-gas variability smoothing
TL;DR: In this article, a temperature smoothing device based on phase change materials at high temperatures is inserted into the off-gas line of a continuous charge electric arc furnace process with scrap preheating.
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Thermal shielding of multilayer walls with phase change materials under different transient boundary conditions
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model is presented to determine the thermal shielding performance of an exterior wall (eg, building envelope) containing layers of PCMs, and the model is exploited to perform a parametric study to assess the influence of the position and melting temperature of one PCM layer.
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Modeling of Thermal Energy Storage Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a computationally efficient numerical simulation model for a shell-and-tube thermal energy storage system, where the heat transfer occurs between a fixed mass of phase-change material (PCM) in contact with a tube through which flows a high-temperature fluid.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change: materials, heat transfer analysis and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the history of thermal energy storage with solid-liquid phase change has been carried out and three aspects have been the focus of this review: materials, heat transfer and applications.
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Low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: Heat storage materials
TL;DR: In this article, the melting and freezing behavior of various heat-of-fusion storage materials is investigated using the techniques of Thermal Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
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Thermal Energy Storage: Systems and Applications
Ibrahim Dincer,Marc A. Rosen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of thermal energy storage systems and their application in the context of thermal engineering, including thermal transfer with phase change in simple and complex geometries.
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Review on sustainable thermal energy storage technologies, Part I: heat storage materials and techniques
TL;DR: In this article, the development of available thermal energy storage (TES) technologies and their individual pros and cons for space and water heating applications are reviewed and compared for low temperature applications, where water is used as a storage medium.