District cooling systems (DCSs) are networks able to distribute thermal energy, usually as chilled water, from a central source to industrial, commercial, and residential consumers, to be used for space cooling/dehumidification. As cooling demand…
The minimization and utilization of boil-off gas (BOG) during the production, storage, and transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have drawn wide interests. However, current studies on quantification of BOG generation still need to be improved…
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…
Energy storage is a critical issue and it becomes increasingly vital due to rapidly diminishing of fossil fuels and as renewable energy resources are currently intermittent. The thermal energy storage is the dawn of thermal management field. The lack…
Novel cement based mortars containing bottom ash (BA) and phase change material (PCM) as thermal energy storing material were developed for thermal controlling of buildings. Form-stable BA/Capric-Stearic (C-S) acid eutectic mixture composite was…
In this experimental study, a flat plate solar collector was constructed and examined for absorbing and transferring heat from soil to fluid. The light source was an infrared lamp with average illumination intensity of 3150 lux. For the first time,…
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…
Homogeneous ternary and quaternary molten nitrate salts with low melting points (110 C) with enhanced thermo-physical properties were synthesized for thermal energy storage media and heat transfer fluids. The ternary and quaternary molten salts were…
Water is an inorganic, non-flammable and easily available phase change material (PCM), which can be utilized for cold thermal energy storage (TES) application (melting point at 0C). Although water has a specific heat of about 4.18Jg1K1 and has…
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 present work presents and analyzes the results acquired from outdoor experimental measurements of a solar latent heat storage unit integrated with built-in thermal energy storage at the presence and absence of porous media. The tank consists of a…
Purpose: : The presence of thermal energy storage devices in concentrated solar power plants is advantageous for controlling power and energy demand. The capacity of materials used in total thermal energy storage is thought to improve their…
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 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…
The present investigation aims to develop a potential composite phase change material (PCM) with leak-resistive and high thermal conductivity. Sugar beet pulp (CSBP) as an industrial waste was carbonized to produce a porous framework and used for…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Conventional thermal energy storage (TES) media and heat transfer fluids (HTFs) currently used in commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are nitrate-based molten salts with working temperature up to about 565 C. Current interest in raising…
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are used for thermal energy storage (TES) due to their high latent heat capacity. While inorganic PCMs have the ability to store large amounts of thermal energy (as they possess higher values of latent heat capacity)…
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…
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…
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…
The solar air heater (SoAH) absorbs the solar radiation and convert it into thermal energy. The drawback of solar radiation is its uneven distribution in time and it is the main roadblock for further expansion of solar energy. The technical…
Latent heat thermal energy storage was widely used to solve the problem of the intermittency in time and space for solar energy systems. To improve the energy storage efficiency, metal fins were typically further added to the shell side to increase…
Thermal energy storage devices are vital for reducing the inconsistency between energy supply and demand as well as for enhancing the performance of solar thermal systems. The present study investigates the melting process in metallic honeycombed…
This work evaluates the influence of combining twisted fins in a triple-tube heat exchanger utilised for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) in three-dimensional numerical simulation and comparing the outcome with the cases of the straight…
The solid-liquid phase change energy storage system promoted the efficient and sustainable utilization of dispersive and intermittent renewable energy. Low energy storage rate and unbalanced thermophysical characteristics existed in the vertical…
Assessing the optimal placement and design of a largescale high temperature energy storage system in crystalline bedrock is a challenging task. This study applies and evaluates various methods and strategies for presite investigation for a potential…
High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) is a cost-effective and suitable technology to store large amounts of energy. HT-ATES has been demonstrated to be an efficient and stable tool to buffer seasonal imbalances and significantly…
The application of thermal energy storage using thermochemical heat storage materials is a promising approach to enhance solar energy utilization in the built environment. Potassium carbonate (K2CO3) is one of the potential candidate materials to…
A 17 kWhth packed bed thermal energy storage (PBTES) system for concentrated solar power application (CSP) has been investigated by using a two-phase energy model. The PBTES system used in this study consists of quartzite as storage material and…
The latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) using phase change material (PCM) is one of the most effective measures to store and utilize solar energy. However, its thermal performance is seriously affected by the poor thermal conductivity of PCMs.…
Polybutadiene (PB) waste recycling helps to reduce the ever-growing fossil energy demands because it is usually made from petroleum and natural gas. However, designing and developing a facile and low-cost way to achieve the efficient recycling of PB…
In this work, microencapsulated phase change material (MEPCM) with the eutectic mixture of stearic acid (SA) and coconut oil (CO) as the core and melamine formaldehyde (MF) as the shell was developed by emulsion-polymerization method to be applied in…
Phase change material (PCM) is a vital component of thermal energy storage (TES), particularly at a constant temperature. Various organic, inorganic, eutectic, and composite materials are used for storage applications. The major problems with the…
Bionics provides a positive and beneficial impact on the development of various materials and systems, which has been widely used in energy storage, heat transfer enhancement, and solar thermochemical reactions. In this paper, the idea of heat…
Thermal Energy Storage (TES) platforms mitigate the paucity between peaks in consumption and supply, i.e., they absorb thermal energy during periods of excess supply and release thermal energy during periods of deficit. Phase change materials (PCMs)…
Phase change materials (PCMs) utilized for thermal energy storage applications are verified to be a promising technology due to their larger benefits over other heat storage techniques. Apart from the advantageous thermophysical properties of PCM,…
Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a time-shifting thermal energy storage technology where waste heat is stored in an aquifer for weeks or months until it may be used at the surface. It can reduce carbon emissions and HVAC costs.…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrate-based cold thermal energy storage (CTES) is a promising method for load shifting and demand management of cooling systems and for CO2 utilisation. A challenge of CO2 hydrate-based CTES is to find a compatible CO2 gas…
Concentrated solar power (CSP) uses solar insolation to increase the temperature of heat transfer fluid (HTF), which can be used in a power block to produce power either by using a steam turbine or gas turbine. In CSP, the levelized cost of…
Reservoir thermal energy storage ("RTES") in high porosity and high permeability sedimentary settings offers the potential for large-scale and long-term heat energy storage for future any-time electricity production. Solar-generated thermal energy or…
Adopting phase change materials (PCMs), the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) technology provides a potential solution to solve the fluctuation and instability of solar energy utilization. However, its applicability is strictly limited by…