Packed-bed thermal energy storage (PBTES) systems utilizing phase change capsules have found extensive applications in thermal energy harvesting and management to …
The global energy transition requires new technologies for efficiently managing and storing renewable energy. In the early 20th century, Stanford Olshansky discovered the …
Solid-liquid phase change material (PCM) is the key factor for the development of thermal energy storage (TES) technology, which substantially contributes to the utilization of …
In order to enhance the thermal performance of latent heat storage, bionic-conch phase change capsules and bionic-mitochondrial phase change capsules were …
Integrated solar thermal conversion and latent heat storage, i.e., employing PCMs to directly absorb solar energy and then drive latent heat storage processes via phase …
Phase change materials (PCMs) are currently an important class of modern materials used for storage of thermal energy coming from renewable energy sources such as solar energy or …
Moreover, bionic fins of this structure have long been used in the design of thin-walled structures to enhance their strength and increase their stress tolerance ... Heat transfer …
Abstract Phase change materials have garnered extensive interest in heat harvesting and utilization owing to their high energy storage density and isothermal phase transition. ... is an …
Cascade phase change heat storage is also used; Varies structure and number of fins on the heat transfer fluid side or the phase change material side employed, too. In …
This study introduces an innovative design of a three-tube phase change heat storage device created through bionic topology optimization. The impact of parameters such …
Bionic studies on macroscopic PCM capsules (particle diameter > 1 mm) have seen numerous application cases in the available literature due to their simple fabrication …
Recently, the technology of mixing phase change materials with high thermal conductivity fillers was developed, which has allowed thermal energy storage to be …
Energy storage experiments and solar-thermal conversion reflected that the efficiency of phase change of hierarchically bionic porous materials can be further improved by …
Phase change energy storage plays an important role in the popularization of renewable energy sources (wind, solar, geothermal, etc.). However, previous studies have …
material''s thermal energy storage capacity [24]. Within the current methods of thermal energy storage [2526, ], latent heat can store more stable heat with the increase of tem-perature …
Here, a bionic phase change materials (PCMs) capsule by mimicking the natural structure of albizzia pollen is proposed. The heat storage performance and economy of …
• Leaf vein bionic fins to enhance phase change material charging performance. • Efficient melting performance is achieved in thermal energy storage systems. • Non-dimensional quantities ...
Downloadable (with restrictions)! In the present study, we investigated the effect of different structures of a novel leaf vein bionic fin and various arrangements in the tube on the complete …
Phase change materials (PCMs) are considered one of the most promising energy storage methods owing to their beneficial effects on a larger latent heat, smaller …
6 · Energy storage performance improvement of phase change materials-based triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) using liquid–solid interface-informed fin configurations Appl …
In the present study, we investigated the effect of different structures of a novel leaf vein bionic fin and various arrangements in the tube on the complete melting time of phase change materials ...
The investigation into bionic fin structures marks a frontier in phase change heat transfer research. This study presents an innovative tree-shaped perforated bionic fin …
At present, energy storage technologies can be broadly classified based on storage mechanisms into physical storage [3], electromagnetic storage [4], chemical storage …
The packed bed thermal energy storage device (PBTESD) filled with spherical phase change capsules can overcome the mismatch between the energy supply and the heat …
These composite phase change materials (CPCMs), featuring densely packed SiC ceramic grains with high porosity, exhibit a thermal conductivity of up to 14 W m −1 K −1 …
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121352 Corpus ID: 259795187; Leaf-vein bionic fin configurations for enhanced thermal energy storage performance of phase change materials in smart heating …
The results demonstrated that the bionic-conch phase change capsules exhibited the highest thermal energy storage efficiency at 163.39 J/s, surpassing the pure …
The present study proposes the phase change material (PCM) as a thermal energy storage unit to ensure the stability and flexibility of solar-energy-based heating and …
Thermal energy storage, management, and utilization with phase change materials have received increasing attention in industrial fields such as photo-thermal-electric …
1 · Azo-compounds molecules and phase change materials offer potential applications for sustainable energy systems through the storage and controllable release photochemical and …
Phase change materials (PCMs) could store/release large amounts of thermal energy reversibly at almost constant temperatures to achieve stable thermal absorption/output …
Phase change materials (PCMs) have promising applications in various fields, such as thermal energy storage and conversion [1], [2], architecture [3], [4], refrigeration [5], …