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Latent thermal energy storage system using phase change material in corrugated enclosures
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In this article, a thermal energy storage (TES) system with octadecane-coated copper panels arranged in a vertical configuration to promote a self-induced internal natural convection mechanism is presented.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2013-01-10. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Stefan number.read more
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Enhance heat transfer for PCM melting in triplex tube with internal-external fins
Sohif Mat,Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. Y. Sulaiman,Abdulrahman Th Mohammad +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the melting process in a triplex-tube heat exchanger with phase-change material (PCM) RT82.26 was numerically investigated using the Fluent 6.3.
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Design of non-uniformly distributed annular fins for a shell-and-tube thermal energy storage unit
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of fin pitch and position on the thermal performance of the melting process was quantified via analyzing the melting front evolution, temperature and velocity distribution, melting rate and temperature uniformity.
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Solar domestic hot water systems using latent heat energy storage medium: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a thermal energy storage (TES) system for solar domestic hot water (SDHW) applications is presented, with a particular focus on techniques for integrating phase change materials (PCMs) into these systems.
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A comprehensive review on positive cold energy storage technologies and applications in air conditioning with phase change materials
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review of cold storage technologies using solid-liquid phase change materials is presented, and the key issues to be solved in further research on cold storage technology are proposed.
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Study on solidification performance of PCM by longitudinal triangular fins in a triplex-tube thermal energy storage system
Shouguang Yao,Xinyu Huang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new type of triangular fin is proposed to improve the solidification performance of the triplex-tube thermal energy storage system, which can be reduced by up to 30.98% by the optimized triangular fin.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications
TL;DR: The use of a latent heat storage system using phase change materials (PCMs) is an effective way of storing thermal energy and has the advantages of high energy storage density and the isothermal nature of the storage process.
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Thermal conductivity and latent heat thermal energy storage characteristics of paraffin/expanded graphite composite as phase change material
Ahmet Sarı,Ali Karaipekli +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined the proper amount of paraffin ( n -docosane) absorbed into expanded graphite (EG) to obtain form-stable composite as phase change material (PCM), examination of the influence of EG addition on the thermal conductivity using transient hot-wire method and investigation of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) characteristics of Paraffin such as melting time, melting temperature and latent heat capacity using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique.
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Microencapsulated PCM thermal-energy storage system
TL;DR: In this paper, a microencapsulated phase change material (PCM) for solar thermal-energy storage capacities has been investigated in terms of encapsulation efficiency and energy storage and release capacity.
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Preparation, characterization, and thermal properties of microencapsulated phase change material for thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the preparation, characterization, and determination of thermal properties of microencapsulated docosane with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) as phase change material for thermal energy storage was focused.
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Numerical Study for Enhancing the Thermal Conductivity of Phase Change Material (PCM) Storage using High Thermal Conductivity Porous Matrix
TL;DR: In this paper, the melting process inside an irregular geometry filled with high thermal conductivity porous matrix saturated with phase change material PCM is investigated numerically, and the numerical model is resting on solving the volume averaged conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy with phase changing (melting) in the porous medium.