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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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Phase change materials for energy storage nucleation to prevent supercooling
TL;DR: In this article, candidate isomorphous and isotypic nucleating additives, with crystal structures that fit well with the phase change materials (PCM) structure, were selected from tables of crystallographic data.
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Technical assessment of solar thermal energy storage technologies
TL;DR: In this paper, the basic concepts, systems design, and the latest developments in (sensible and latent heat) thermal energy storage are reviewed. And the problems encountered during the systems operation are highlighted.
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Thermal Performance of a Heat Storage Module Using PCM’s With Different Melting Temperature: Experimental
TL;DR: In this paper, a latent heat storage module was constructed, consisting of 45 cylindrical capsules fixed vertically in 15 rows, made of 0.335m long copper tubes having external diameters of 31.8 mm, were fixed in an insulated rectangular duct.
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Thermal energy storage using sodium sulfate decahydrate and water
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the major problem preventing use of sodium sulfate decahydrate for thermal energy storage can be avoided by using the composition which is at or slightly to the water-rich side of the invariant point in the phase diagram.
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Thermal performance of a heat storage module using PCM's with different melting temperatures
M.M. Farid,A. Kanzawa +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a heat storage unit consisting of number of vertical cylindrical capsules filled with phase change materials, with air flowing across them for heat exchange has been analyzed.