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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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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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 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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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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Recent advancements in battery thermal management system (BTMS): A review of performance enhancement techniques with an emphasis on nano-enhanced phase change materials [PDF]
HeliyonBecause of their numerous benefits such as high charge cycle count, low self-discharge rate, low maintenance requirements, and tiny footprint, Li-batteries have been extensively employed in recent times.
Ghulam Rasool +9 more
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Artificial neural network with incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics for exothermic chemical reaction on heat and mass transfer in a rectangular annulus [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis work aims to simulate the impacts of exothermic reaction and Soret–Dufour numbers on the double diffusion of Nano Enhanced Phase Change Materials (NEPCM) inside a porous annulus.
Alaa Allakany +2 more
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Numerical analysis of mechanical reliability of multi-coated phase change materials [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Nanoencapsulated phase change materials (nePCMs) are nowadays under research for thermal energy storage purposes. NePCMs are composed of a phase change core surrounded by a shell that confines the core when molten. One of the main concerns of nePCMs when
Forner-Escrig Josep +8 more
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