Latent heat thermal energy storage using cylindrical capsule: Numerical and experimental investigations …
This paper is aimed at analyzing the melting behavior of paraffin wax as a phase change material (PCM) encapsulated in a cylindrical capsule, used in a latent heat thermal energy storage system ...
An experimental and numerical investigation of constrained melting heat transfer of a phase change …
Phase-change thermal energy storage using spherical capsules: performance of a test plant Int. J. Refrig, 19 ( 1996 ), pp. 187 - 196 View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar
Polyurethane-Based Photo/Thermal Energy-Storage Capsules …
The heat energy is transmitted to phase change materials in the capsule, which store the energy via phase state changing. The results of thermal infrared image …
Heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules…
A proper designing of the thermal energy storage systems using PCMs requires quantitative information about heat transfer and phase change processes in PCM. This paper reviews the development of available …
High thermal storage ability and photothermal conversion capacity phase change capsule …
The thermal energy storage technology based on phase change materials (PCMs) has exhibited potential to ease the gap between energy supply and demand [3], [5], [6]. Among the existing PCMs, solid-liquid PCMs exhibit attractive intrinsic features including excellent phase change reversibility, and phase change temperatures …
Chloroplast-granum inspired phase change capsules accelerate …
Packed-bed thermal energy storage (PBTES) systems utilizing phase change capsules have found extensive applications in thermal energy harvesting and …
Phase change material-based thermal energy storage …
Phase change materials (PCMs) having a large latent heat during solid-liquid phase transition are promising for thermal energy storage applications. However, the relatively low thermal conductivity of the majority of …
Lignin-fatty acid hybrid nanocapsules for scalable thermal energy storage in phase-change materials …
Development of affordable thermal energy storage (TES) has been hampered by the lack of environmentally benign and scalable phase-change materials (PCM). Here we show size-controlled colloidal synthesis of fatty acid-lignin hybrid nanocapsules and demonstrate their applicability as PCM in dry and wet states.
Preparation and phase change performance of Na2HPO4·12H2O@poly(lactic acid) capsules for thermal energy storage …
The effect of PLA concentration on the latent heat and phase change temperature of Na 2 HPO 4 ·12H 2 O@PLA was investigated. Shown in Fig. 5 are the DSC curves of capsules prepared at PLA concentration of 0, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, and 15% (w/v) and the results of thermal properties are listed in Table 1..
Phase Change Material (PCM) Microcapsules for Thermal Energy …
Microcapsules enhance thermal and mechanical performance of PCMs used in thermal energy storage by increasing the heat transfer area and preventing the …
Charging performance of structured packed-bed latent thermal …
A mathematical model of the charging process for a structured packed-bed latent thermal energy storage unit with phase change material capsules is established. …
High‐Thermal‐Conductive AlN‐Shell‐Encapsulated Al …
6 · High-temperature metallic phase-change material is a very promising material alternative to traditional sensible heat-storage materials in thermal energy storage …
An experimental and numerical investigation of constrained melting heat transfer of a phase change …
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2016.02.125 Corpus ID: 112009891 An experimental and numerical investigation of constrained melting heat transfer of a phase change material in a circumferentially finned spherical capsule for …
Recent Advances in Nanoencapsulated and Nano-Enhanced …
A phase-change material (PCM) is the most useful method for storing thermal energy [ 5 ]. During phase changes, thermal energy is either absorbed (melting, …
Thermal performance investigations of the melting and solidification in differently shaped macro-capsules saturated with phase change …
However, the low thermal conductivity of the phase change material makes the thermal response time of spherical phase change capsules slow and the thermal storage/exhaust efficiency is poor. In order to solve this problem, this paper proposes a method for designing the inner fins of spherical phase change capsules by …
High-performance phase change material capsule by Janus …
Abstract. A new method is proposed to fabricate high-performance phase change material capsules with high thermal storage capacity and increased thermal conductivity. The capsules are achieved by free radical polymerization against the example paraffin/water emulsions stabilized with Janus particles (JPs).
Nanoencapsulation of phase change materials for …
Phase change materials (PCMs) allow the storage of large amounts of latent heat during phase transition. They have the potential to both increase the efficiency of renewable energies such as solar power …
Experimental and numerical evaluation of phase-change material performance in a vertical cylindrical capsule for thermal energy storage …
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) captures the thermal energy via a solid-liquid phase transition that occurs in phase-change materials (PCM). The PCM is usually encapsulated in some way.
