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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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Advanced Materials for Energy Storage
TL;DR: This Review introduces several typical energy storage systems, including thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic, hydrogen, and electrochemical energy storage, and the current status of high-performance hydrogen storage materials for on-board applications and electrochemicals for lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized previous works on latent thermal energy storage in building applications, covering PCMs, the impregnation methods, current building applications and their thermal performance analyses, as well as numerical simulation of buildings with PCMs.
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Phase change materials for thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art of phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications is reviewed and an insight into recent efforts to develop new phase change material with enhanced performance and safety.
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Materials used as PCM in thermal energy storage in buildings: A review
Luisa F. Cabeza,Albert Castell,Camila Barreneche,Camila Barreneche,A. de Gracia,Ana Inés Fernández +5 more
TL;DR: A review of the latest publications on the use of phase change materials (PCM) in buildings is presented in this article, where the authors present a classification of materials, materials available and problems and possible solutions on the application of such materials in buildings.
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications
Yuan Tian,Changying Zhao +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems, including both non-concentrating collectors and concentrating collectors, in terms of optical optimisation, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun-tracking mechanisms.
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Performance of direct contact latent heat storage unit
Mohammed Farid,Kassim Yacoub +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a direct contact latent heat storage unit has been investigated in a glass column having an inside diameter and length of 0.2 m and 1.5 m respectively.
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Comparisons of paraffin wax storage subsystem models using liquid heat transfer media
Richard Marshall,C. Dietsche +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, three models are presented which describe the thermal behavior of a paraffin wax thermal store powered by a liquid type heat transfer fluid, and the results verify the validity of the third simplified model although the results do not suggest that wax could replace water as a storage medium for this application.
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Charge and Discharge Characteristics of a Direct Contact Latent Thermal Energy Storage Unit Using Form-Stable High-Density Polyethylene
TL;DR: In this article, a lab-scale direct contact, latent thermal energy storage unit using a form-stable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was developed for solar thermal energy utilization in relatively low temperatures.
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Phase change cool storage using dimethyl-sulfoxide
TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of cooling storage using dimethyl-sulfoxide as a phase change material (PCM) in a rectangular enclosure was investigated and the temperature distribution in the PCM and the inlet and outlet temperatures of the flowing air were measured with time.
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Thermal load levelling of heat flux through an insulated thermal storage water wall
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the thickness distribution of a given total thickness of the insulation inside and outside a thermal storage water wall for acheiving the maximum load levelling of the heat flux entering through the wall.