Corrosion in the oil and gas industry represents one of the major problems that affect oil production and transportation processes. Several corrosion-inspection technologies are in the market to detect internal and external corrosion of oil storage…
Corrosion in the oil and gas industry represents one of the major problems that affect oil production and transportation processes. Several corrosion-inspection technologies are in the market to detect internal and external corrosion of oil storage…
Safety of any energy storage technology is a key attribute for all existing power plants and energy storage utilities. Another no less important area is the storage of energy in biogas plants where gas formation is time-dependent. Accumulation of…
During the storage and transportation of large power transformers, nitrogen filling is needed to prevent moisture inside the oil tank. The traditional nitrogen pressure monitoring method is to install mechanical pressure gauges on the oil tank. The…
• CBCMs significantly improved the hydrate formation kinetics and storage capacity. • Carbonyl groups was identified as the active sites enhancing CH 4 hydrate formation. • Functional groups tuned hydrogen-bonding network results in the enhanced…
The continual increase in energy demand and inconsistent supply have attracted attention towards sustainable energy storage/conversion devices, such as electrochemical capacitors with high energy densities and power densities. Perovskite oxides have…
Phase change materials (PCMs) provide a state-of-the-art thermal energy storage capability and offer enormous potential for solar energy storage systems. However, the widespread adaptation of PCMs in advanced energy systems is often limited by low…
N-doping can endow carbon materials with high electrochemical activity. Besides the widely validated sp2-hybridized nitrogen doping, sp-hybridized nitrogen (sp-N) atoms are also expected to be new active sites. However, both sp-N atoms and cyano (CN)…
Kitchen waste (KW) can be regarded not only as waste, but as a kind of resource, which is composed of a large amount of energetic and nutritional ingredients. KW derived hydrochar (KWHC) is the carbonaceous materials obtained through the hydrothermal…
The onshore Cretaceous Zululand Basin of South Africa was investigated for CO2 storage potential using NZA, ZA, ZB, and ZC boreholes drilled by Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa in the 1960s for hydrocarbon exploration. Basin fill…
The hierarchically porous hollowcarbon spheres (HPHCSs) are synthesized by activating the hollowcarbon spheres (HCSs) derived from the template-directing method using SiO2 spheres and waste tire pyrolysis oil (WTPO) as templates and carbon precursor,…
In modern heat transfer systems, thermal storage not only causes the balance between demand and supply, but also improves the heat transfer efficiency in these systems. In the present study, a comprehensive review of the applications of micro- or…
Phase change materials (PCMs) have received substantial interest for their ability to store and release latent heat for energy conservation and thermal control purposes. PCMs are available in a variety of latent heat and melting points but their…
Aided by the phase change material (PCM) with high thermal storage density, latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology may provide a solution to the energy supply-demand dilemma, e.g. LHTES in solar energy utilization and waste heat…
The aim of this work is to investigate the possibility of using a new water-containing material for multicycle gas hydrate formation with a high rate and water-to-hydrate conversion ratio in relation to natural gas storage and transportation.…
Herewith, amine functionalization of low cost support from a novel and sustainable source has been entrenched to improve the carbon dioxide (CO2) capture efficiency. The support used is silica nanoparticles (SNPs), derived from a commonly available…
The development of binder-free flexible electrode materials with high surface area and high electrical conductivity is desirable but remains a serious challenge for pseudocapacitive energy storage. In this work, a universal method is developed for…
The rationally structural engineering is an efficient strategy to improve the comprehensive performance of potassium-ion storage anode materials. In this paper, a hybrid with hollow FeS2 nanoparticles anchored into the 3D carbon skeleton (labeled as…
A dual-media thermal energy storage system consisting of ceramic pebbles as a storage material and high-temperature heat transfer fluid (HTF) is analyzed for 1 MWe National Solar Thermal Power Plant. A numerical model has been formulated to study the…
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants have been widely commercialized for generating electricity from solar energy. Thermal energy storage (TES) systems have been deployed as a key component in CSP plants for resolving the supply-demand gap during…
The solidification process in a multi-tube latent heat energy system is affected by the natural convection and the arrangement of heat exchanger tubes, which changes the buoyancy effect as well. In the current work, the effect of the arrangement of…
The combination of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), namely UiO-66, with polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers yields hybrid polyMOF materials, which show unique morphology with tunable characteristics of UiO-66. Mixed MOF-PolyMOFs (referred to as…
3D carbon-based materials with multiscale hierarchy are promising electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications, but the synthesis in an efficient and large-scale way is still a great challenge. Herein, a carbon…
Organic phase change materials (PCMs) are the most common heat storage components in latent heat based thermal energy storage (TES) systems. Among the different organic PCMs, fatty acids (FAs) have shown a real potential in important areas, such as,…
Being dependent statistics, building energy consumption has accounted for 2/5 of the world's total energy consumption. The combination of phase change energy storage materials with floor radiant cooling and heating system has become one of the main…
This paper concerns the optimum design of double elliptical latent heat storage units during the charging process using three-dimensional numerical simulation. Water and RT35 are employed as the heat transfer fluid and phase change material,…
Form-stable phase change materials (PCMs) have garnered tremendous attention in thermal energy storage (TES) owing to their remarkable latent heat. However, the integration of intelligent manufacturing, recycling, and optimized multifunction is…
Salt hydrates, one of the categories of inorganic phase change materials (PCMs), have huge potential to latent heat or thermal energy storage in buildings energy management applications. But their energy storage performance seems not to be…
Alloy-type anode materials exhibit great promise in alkali metal ion batteries (AMIBs), due to their high theoretical capacities and appropriate operation voltages. Nevertheless, their applications are severely obstructed by large volume expansion…
Rice husk-based SiO2/C composite is a promising anode material for lithium ion battery, but it remains necessary to explore simple methods to improve its lithium storage performance. In this research, SiO2/C was prepared by adjusting ash content of…
Polyethylene glycols as phase change materials (PCMs) have good latent heat storage (LHS) characteristics, but the low thermal conductivity property significantly hinders their usage potential in thermal energy storage (TES) applications. Within this…
Solar thermal energy efficiency of cementitious mortar is enhanced by introducing a phase change material (PCM) with thermal energy harvesting/releasing ability. Within this framework, a new type of cement based-thermal energy storage mortar (CBTESM)…
Salt hydrates are one of the most common inorganic compounds that are used as phase change material (PCM). These are available for a wide range of phase transition temperature for thermal energy storage (TES) application. They have some most desired…
The micro-encapsulated phase change materials could be used for thermal storage and temperature regulation, which solved the energy mismatch in space and time, and the utilization rate of energy has been greatly improved. Thus, recently, the…
This paper explicitly deals with the role of thermal energy storage (TES) with respect to energy performance measures in buildings. Buildings constitute about 50% of the total energy consumption worldwide. Thus buildings are directly found to be one…
Rice hull-derived SiO2/C composites are promising anode materials for Li-ion battery, but it is a challenge to improve their lithium storage performance by a simple method. In this research, SiO2/C composites were prepared by heating rice hull char…
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), with their advantages of high specific capacity, long cycling life and eco-friendliness, have been widely used in many fields. Dwindling reserves, however, limit their further development. Sharing similar chemical…
Nitrogen-doped carbon materials with abundant defects and strong potassium adsorption ability have been recognized as potential anodes for potassium ion batteries (PIBs). However, the limited content and uncontrolled type of nitrogen-doped sites…
The excessively available solar energy storage is a very useful way to bridge the energy demand and its supply gap. This thermal energy storage (TES) can be done in the form of sensible or latent heat energy. The energy storage in the form of latent…
A comprehensive study was conducted to develop and utilize a novel shape-stabilized phase change material utilizing two abundantly available and low-cost natural materials, namely scoria and expanded perlite and an industrial byproduct, heavy oil…
A class of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal nitrides and carbides (MXenes) has emerged as a promising paradigm. Their unique architecture such as controllable interfacial chemistry, high electronic conductivity, tunable layered structures, etc.,…
Either CoxSy transition metal sulfide or reduced graphene oxide (RGO) has become major electrode material for supercapacitor. Herein, nanostructured RGO@CoxSy composites were optimized by different sulfur sources and a one-step solvothermal method.…
Lignin-derived hard carbon (HC) has great potential as energy storage materials. However, it is difficult to obtain desired electrochemical performances by direct carbonization of lignin. Herein, we demonstrate a pre-oxidation strategy to enhance the…
Niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) material is a promising anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the outstanding cycle performance and rate capability. However, the relatively low capacity severely limits the comprehensive performance. Generally,…
Latent heat storage using metals as solid-liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been concerned for medium-temperature thermal energy storage. However, due to the leakage and corrosion problems during phase transformation, the use of metallic PCMs…
Zinc-based energy storage devices have received extensive attention because of their low-cost and high-safety characteristics. Numerous breakthroughs have been made in this field in recent years. Some special applications, such as polar inspections,…
This paper concerns the ongoing studies on a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in operation in Ottana (Italy), comprising a 629 kW organic Rankine cycle (ORC) unit fed by a linear Fresnel solar field. Hexamethyldisiloxane (MM) and "Therminol SP-I"…
This paper introduces a novel solar-assisted heat pump system with phase change energy storage and describes the methodology used to analyze the performance of the proposed system. A mathematical model was established for the key parts of the system…
Solid-liquid phase change materials (PCMs) have been preferred for solar passive thermal energy storage (TES) applications. However, low thermal conductivity and leakage issue of molten PCMs considerably restrain their TES potential. In this…