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A critical assessment of nanoparticles enhanced phase change materials (NePCMs) for latent heat energy storage applications [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Phase change material (PCM) laden with nanoparticles has been testified as a notable contender to increase the effectiveness of latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) units during charging and discharging modes.
Muritala Alade Amidu +3 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 This paper investigates natural convection and entropy generation of the Nano-Encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an inclined L-shaped cavity. The NEPCMs are made up of core and shell in which the PCMs are the core section that are capsulated
Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida +2 more
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A Review of Thermal Property Enhancements of Low-Temperature Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2021 Phase change materials (PCMs) are of increasing interest due to their ability to absorb and store large amounts of thermal energy, with minimal temperature variations.
Joseph D. Williams, G. P. Peterson
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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021 Background The exploration of natural convection which is one the substantial types of convective heat transmission in various applications for instance heat exchangers and geothermal systems along with nanofluids (Nanofluids have greater thermal ...
Nader Karimi +2 more
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Fabrication and Properties of Micro-Nanoencapsulated Phase Change Materials for Internally-Cooled Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2017 Micro-nanoencapsulated phase change materials (M-NEPCMs) are proposed to be useful in liquid desiccant dehumidification by restraining the temperature rise in the moisture-removal process and improving the dehumidification efficiency.
Xiaofeng Niu +5 more
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Free convection of a suspension containing nano-encapsulated phase change material in a porous cavity; local thermal non-equilibrium model [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Due to the instinctive temperature-dependent heat capacity of the Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Material (NEPCM), there is a growing interest in the potential applications of such materials in heat transfer. As such, steady-state natural convection in a
Mohammad Ghalambaz +4 more
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PEG 400-Based Phase Change Materials Nano-Enhanced with Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2017 This study presents new Nano-enhanced Phase Change Materials, NePCMs, formulated as dispersions of functionalized graphene nanoplatelets in a poly(ethylene glycol) with a mass-average molecular mass of 400 g·mol−1 for possible use in Thermal Energy ...
Marco A. Marcos +6 more
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Computational Study of Heat Transfer inside Different PCMs Enhanced by Al2O3 Nanoparticles in a Copper Heat Sink at High Heat Loads [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2020 The cooling of electronic elements is one of the most important problems in the development of architecture in electronic technology. One promising developing cooling method is heat sinks based on the phase change materials (PCMs) enhanced by nano-sized ...
Nadezhda S. Bondareva +2 more
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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 Free convective flow and heat transfer of a suspension of Nano Encapsulated Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) in an enclosure is studied. NEPCM particles are core-shell structured with Phase Change Material (PCM) as the core.
Ali J Chamkha +2 more
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Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 Efficient, clean and quiet thermal management has become a vital challenge in for cooling of electronic devices. To enhance the capability and efficiency of passive thermal management, novel composite materials have been designed by the combination of ...
Y Yan, Adeel Arshad, Mark Jabbal
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