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Special Issue “Advanced Phase Change Materials for Thermal Storage”
Applied Sciences, 2021 Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) is a research topic that has attracted much attention in recent decades [...]
Rocío Bayón
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High-Temperature Thermal Storage System for Solar Tower Power Plants with Open-Volumetric Air Receiver Simulation and Energy Balancing of a Discretized Model [PDF]
, 2013 This paper describes the modeling of a high-temperature storage system for an existing solar tower power plant with open volumetric receiver technology, which uses air as heat transfer medium (HTF).
Alexopoulos, Spiros +6 more
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Molten salts: Potential candidates for thermal energy storage applications
International Journal of Energy Research, 2022 Molten salts as thermal energy storage (TES) materials are gaining the attention of researchers worldwide due to their attributes like low vapor pressure, non‐toxic nature, low cost and flexibility, high thermal stability, wide range of applications etc.
Pranshul Bhatnagar +3 more
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Storage of Heat, Cold and Electricity
CHIMIA, 2015 A promising energy storage system is presented based on the combination of a heat pump, a heat engine, a hot and a cold storage. It can be operated as a pure bulk electricity storage (alternative to Pumped Heat Electrical Storage (PHES ...
Anastasia Stamatiou +5 more
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Investigation of Lactones as Innovative Bio-Sourced Phase Change Materials for Latent Heat Storage
Molecules, 2019 In the presented work, five bio-based and bio-degradable cyclic esters, i.e. lactones, have been investigated as possible phase change materials for applications in latent heat storage systems. Commercial natural lactones such as ε-caprolactone and &
Rebecca Ravotti +5 more
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Experimental Characterization of Phase Change Materials for Refrigeration Processes
Energies, 2021 Latent heat storage units for refrigeration processes are promising as alternatives to water/glycol-based storage due to their significantly higher energy densities, which would lead to more compact and potentially more cost-effective storages.
Anastasia Stamatiou +7 more
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Effective Separation of a Water in Oil Emulsion from a Direct Contact Latent Heat Storage System
Energies, 2018 The problem of emulsification between Phase Change Material (PCM) and Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) in direct contact latent heat storage systems has been reported in various studies.
Sebastian Ammann +5 more
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications [PDF]
, 2013 Thermal applications are drawing increasing attention in the solar energy research field, due to their high performance in energy storage density and energy conversion efficiency. In these applications, solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems
Tian, Yuan, Zhao, C.Y.
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Applied Sciences, 2019 As global energy demand increases while primary sources and fossil fuels’ availability decrease, research has shifted its focus to thermal energy storage systems as alternative technologies able to cover for the mismatch between demand and supply ...
Rebecca Ravotti +5 more
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Energies, 2021 The influence of the briquetting process on SO2 and NO release characteristics, combustion properties and kinetic characteristics during biomass combustion was investigated.
Jianhui Qi +3 more
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