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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications

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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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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. PCMs have been widely used in latent heat thermal-storage systems for heat pumps, solar engineering, and spacecraft thermal control applications. The uses of PCMs for heating and cooling applications for buildings have been investigated within the past decade. There are large numbers of PCMs that melt and solidify at a wide range of temperatures, making them attractive in a number of applications. This paper also summarizes the investigation and analysis of the available thermal energy storage systems incorporating PCMs for use in different applications.

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An enthalpy method for convection/diffusion phase change

TL;DR: In this paper, an enthalpy formulation for convection/diffusion phase change is developed, where latent heat effects are isolated in a source term, and three alternative schemes for achieving this are presented.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a general approach to transient heat conduction problems with non-linear physical properties and boundary conditions using an unconditionally stable central algorithm which does not require iteration.
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Numerical solution of phase-change problems

TL;DR: A three-time level implicit scheme, which is unconditionally stable and convergent, is employed for the numerical solution of phase change problems, on the basis of an analytical approach consisting in the approximation of the latent heat effect by a large heat capacity over a small temperature range as discussed by the authors.
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Investigation of the Thermal Performance of a Passive Solar Test-Room with Wall Latent Heat Storage

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Analysis of Multidimensional Conduction Phase Change Via the Enthalpy Model

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