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A comprehensive review on the recent advances in materials for thermal energy storage applications
International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 Thermal energy storage systems are extensively investigated because of their fundamental role in the storage of renewable energy and in the recovery of useful heat generated from various systems.
Muhammad Tawalbeh +4 more
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Energies, 2021 Latent heat storage (LHS) represents a valuable technology for the integration of intermittent renewable energy sources in existing and future energy systems.
Lukas Hegner +5 more
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Thermo, 2022 Geothermal energy storage provides opportunities to store renewable energy underground during summer for utilization in winter. Vertically oriented systems have been the standard when employing boreholes as the means to charge and discharge the ...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Crystallization Behavior of Octadecane on a Homogeneous Nucleus
Crystals, 2022 Latent heat storages have the ability to contribute to a more sustainable energy supply network. However, phase change materials (PCM) used for latent heat storages often show supercooling.
Stefanie Tafelmeier, Stefan Hiebler
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Assessment of the Thermal Properties of Aromatic Esters as Novel Phase Change Materials
Crystals, 2020 In the quest for a decarbonized energy system, the development of highly efficient technologies that allow the integration of renewables is of the utmost importance.
Rebecca Ravotti +4 more
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The Elephant Problem—Determining Bulk Thermal Diffusivity
Energies, 2021 This study investigates a measurement method of thermal diffusivity for samples with arbitrary geometries and unknown material properties. The aim is to curve fit the thermal diffusivity with the use of a numerical simulation and transient temperature ...
Robert Beaufait +2 more
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Comparison of Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques in Latent Heat Storage
Applied Sciences, 2020 Latent Heat Energy Storage (LHES) using Phase Change Materials (PCM) is considered a promising Thermal Energy Storage (TES) approach as it can allow for high levels of compactness, and execution of the charging and discharging processes at defined ...
William Delgado-Diaz +4 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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Heat Transfer Performance Potential with a High-Temperature Phase Change Dispersion
Energies, 2021 Phase change dispersions are useful for isothermal cooling applications. As a result of the phase changes that occur in PCDs, they are expected to have greater storage capacities than those of single-phase heat transfer fluids.
Ludger Fischer +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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