A helical coil phase change heat exchanger designed for thermal energy storage. • A prototype energy storage unit with paraffin wax was built and experimentally tested. • Charging time reduced by 35% when inlet HTF temperature increased from 70 to 75 C. •
The conventional active solar water-heating floor system contains a big water tank to store energy in the day time for heating at night, which takes much building space and is very heavy. In order to reduce the water tank volume or even cancel the tank, a novel structure of an integrated water pipe floor heating system using shapestabilized …
Gürtürk and Kok [30] examined the phase change in a thermal energy storage system numerically and experimentally to investigate the effect of various fin surface areas. Test results revealed that the fin surface area positively affects the heat transfer, but it suppresses the natural convection effect.
In another experiment, Tian and Zhao [17] denotes that cascade latent energy storage with metal foams phase change materials works efficiently for the charging/discharging process, increases the utilization portion of PCM in the process, smooths the outlet temperature of the heat transfer fluid and reduces the melting time.
Phase change materials (PCMs) gathered the attention of researchers and architects world -widely for its prodigious benefits in increasing the share of renewable energy, providing desired thermal comfort in buildings, achieving valuable reduction in energy consumption and contributing to the diminish of environmental pollution.
Phase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage significantly affects emerging applications, with recent advancements in enhancing heat capacity and cooling power. This perspective by Yang et al. discusses …
Among the many energy storage technology options, thermal energy storage (TES) is very promising as more than 90% of the world''s primary energy generation is consumed or wasted as heat. 2 TES entails storing energy as either sensible heat through heating of a suitable material, as latent heat in a phase change material (PCM), …
on Heat Transfer in Phase Change Energy Storage Feng Sheng1, Xiangyu Zhou1, Shuo Wang1, Yulong Jin2, Hui Li2*, Xuehui An3 1PowerChina Roadbridge Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 2Key Laboratory for Thermal Sciences and Power Engineering of the Ministry of 3 ...
1. Introduction Latent heat storage has allured great attention because it provides the potential to achieve energy savings and effective utilization [[1], [2], [3]].The latent heat storage is also known as phase change heat storage, which is accomplished by absorbing ...
Fig. 2 (b) presents the PIV experimental and numerical results of phase change characteristics of lower 1/2 porous filling case. From the left velocity field, in the upper part of pure fluid area, the vertical upward flow vectors with maximum velocity of 1.6 mm · s − 1 occurs near the heated wall, while some vectors with moderate velocity …
Fig. 1 The thermal contr ol system of the satellite payload. The phase change energy storage heat exchanger is consist of 20 layers of PCM, 17l ayers of. internal fluid circuit, and 2 layers of ...
Phase change materials are "latent" heat storage materials that undergo a phase transition between liquid and solid that occurs isothermally upon melting (heat …
Solar energy is a renewable energy source that can be utilized for different applications in today''s world. The effective use of solar energy requires a storage medium that can facilitate the storage of …
Buonomo et al. (2020) numerically studied a latent heat thermal energy storage system with a highly conductive metal foam phase change material called Nano-PCM to enhance the heat transfer inside ...
The materials used for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) are called Phase Change Materials (PCMs) [19].PCMs are a group of materials that have an intrinsic capability of absorbing and releasing heat …
Another research strategy is to well use thermal energy storage with phase change material (PCM). Thermal energy storage is a good means to improve the use of renewable energy source [10], overcome the unpreidictable energy output from renewable energy systems [11], and enhance the energy efficiency of energy systems …
Applications of PCM have covered a wide range of energy-dependent entities and resources. Such applications are: solar energy (such as solar dryers [47] and solar domestic hot water systems [48]), industrial heat recovery, industrial worker equipment (such as helmets [49]), electrical power peaking regulation, textiles, healthcare, liquefied …
Nishant Modi. Xiaolin Wang. Michael Negnevitsky. Request PDF | On Feb 1, 2023, Banumathi Munuswamy Swami Punniakodi and others published Enhanced heat transfer in a phase change energy storage ...
Abstract: Phase change energy storage is a new type of energy storage technology that can improve energy utilization and achieve high efficiency and …
Latent heat storage (LHS) leverages phase changes in materials like paraffins and salts for energy storage, used in heating, cooling, and power generation. …
This review provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of recent investigations on integrating PCMs in the following low-temperature applications: building …
Ph.D. thesis, Ben-Gurion Univ., BeerSheva, Israel (1982). Korin E. and Mikic B. Heat transfer improvement in salt hydrate phase change energy storage systems. Report submitted to U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Beer-Sheva, Israel.
The research on phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage systems has been gaining momentum in a quest to identify better materials with low-cost, ease of availability, improved thermal and chemical stabilities and eco-friendly nature. The present article comprehensively reviews the novel PCMs and their synthesis …
Thermal energy storage can shift electric load for building space conditioning 1,2,3,4, extend the capacity of solar-thermal power plants 5,6, enable pumped-heat grid electrical storage 7,8,9,10 ...
Phase change materials (PCMs) utilized for thermal energy storage applications are verified to be a promising technology due to their larger benefits over …
Thermal energy storage is the key technology for efficient use of intermittent sources like solar energy and waste heat in industry (Jamekhorshild et al, 2014). The study of phase change materials (PCMs) and their thermal energy storage applications such as heating, cooling, thermal management has been an area of …
Heat Transfer is a broad-scope journal publishing mechanical, chemical, biomedical, nuclear & aeronautical aspects of heat & mass transfer, thermal power & fluid dynamics. Abstract This study examines the energy discharge of a phase-changing material (PCM)-based air heat exchanger using a metal foam inside the heat transfer fluid (HTF) …
This is a replacement of a full air conditioning system by the new system that is a nighttime cooling system, which is also easy to retrofit. The proposed module (figure 12) it is ceiling-mounted with a fan to throw air over the exposed ends of heat pipes. The other end of the heat pipes is in a PCM storage module.
Finally, Esen [127] investigated experimentally and theoretically heat transfer processes in the cylindrical phase change storage tank coupled with a solar powered heat pump system. The same equipment was used by Çomaklı et al. [128], [129], [130] and Kaygusuz [119] in experiments in which a 4.25-m 3 latent HST was filled with …
Thermal conductivity of the shape-stable phase change materials (0.7–0.73 W/m·K) is significantly improved, a latent heat of 138.5 J/g, and the efficiency of energy storage and release is 2.3–3.3 times as good as than …
It restricts the application potential of energy storage systems due to the higher heat conductivity and density of typical PCMs and their low phase change rates. Thus, increased thermal conductivity can be achieved by adding highly conductive materials in various methods [225] .
Transparent wood enhanced with phase change heat storage function could effectively utilize sunlight and thermal energy to further improve energy efficiency. In this study, epoxy resin compound with phase change materials polyethylene glycol (PEG) were impregnated into the delignified wood to prepare novel transmittance energy …
As shown in Figure 6, with the increase in heat storage temperature, the temperature hysteresis of phase change materials gradually decreases, and the phase change hysteresis degree declines. The phase change hysteresis decreases from 4.25 °C at 50 °C to 1.52 °C at. 80 °C.
The materials used for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) are called Phase Change Materials (PCMs) [19]. PCMs are a group of materials that have an intrinsic capability of absorbing and releasing heat …
The most optimal PCMs for efficiently heating water are myristic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid, which possess a high heat retention capacity for an extended duration. Paraffin wax is one ...
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Phase change materials absorb thermal energy as they melt, holding that energy until the material is again solidified. Better understanding the liquid state physics of this type of thermal storage ...