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Experimental study on melting/solidification and thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change material inside a sphere
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In this article, the melting and solidification processes and thermal conductivity enhancement of the phase change material (PCM) inside a sphere have been experimentally investigated to facilitate a greater understanding and improvement of phase change heat transfer.About:
This article is published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2015-11-01. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phase-change material & Thermal conductivity.read more
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Review on thermal conductivity enhancement, thermal properties and applications of phase change materials in thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the methods for enhancing thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs), which include adding additives with high thermal conductivities and encapsulating phase change material.
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A review on macro-encapsulated phase change material for building envelope applications
Zhengxuan Liu,Zhun (Jerry) Yu,Tingting Yang,Qin Di,S. Samuel Li,Guoqiang Zhang,Fariborz Haghighat,Mahmood Mastani Joybari +7 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of macro-encapsulated PCM and its integration into building envelopes is provided and a number of important issues have seldom been addressed such as material selection and PCM melting processes at a component level, and optimal locations at a system level.
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Modelling and experimental study of latent heat thermal energy storage with encapsulated PCMs for solar thermal applications
TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical model of encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) based latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) is developed considering simplified non-equilibrium two energy equations coupled with enthalpy technique to analyse the transient variation in heat transfer fluid (HTF) temperature at the outlet of LHTES and PCM temperature.
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Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review
TL;DR: In this article, the heat transfer in phase change materials (PCM) during constrained melting, unconstrained (unfixed) melting and solidification, and phase change in finned shells are analyzed.
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Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Phase Change Materials for Low-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal conductivity of polyethylene glycol (PEG-1000) phase change materials (PCMs) is investigated and two experimental methods, including flat and cylindrical configurations, are devised and increments in thermal conductivities are calculated.
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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.
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A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in a medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental energy storage system has been designed using a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger incorporating a medium temperature phase change material (PCM) Erythritol, with a melting point of 117.7°C.
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Numerical and experimental study of melting in a spherical shell
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed parametric investigation is performed for melting in spherical shells of 40, 60, and 80mm in diameter, when the wall-temperature is uniform and varies from 2 ÂC to 20 Â C above the mean melting temperature of the PCM.
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Experimental and computational study of constrained melting of phase change materials (PCM) inside a spherical capsule
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental and computational investigation directed at understanding the role of buoyancy-driven convection during constrained melting of phase change materials (PCM) inside a spherical capsule is reported.
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Thermal conductivity enhancement in a latent heat storage system
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated a method of enhancing the thermal conductivity of paraffin wax by embedding aluminum powder in it, which reduced the charging time by approximately 60%.