Numerical modelling is commonly used to design, analyse and optimise tube-in-tank phase change thermal energy storage systems with fins. A new simplified two dimensional mathematical model, based on the effectiveness-number of transfer units technique, has been developed to characterise...

Organic phase change materials (PCMs) are a popular choice for many thermal energy storage applications including solar energy, building envelope thermal barriers, and passive cooling of portable electronics. Since the extent of phase change during a heating or cooling process is dependent upon...

Heat transfer in phase change materials (PCMs) contained in spherical encapsulations can be modelled more simply if an effective thermal conductivity can be determined to represent the natural convection occurring within the PCMs. Previous research has shown that natural convection in PCM can be...

Aquaculture has become an important sector of animal food production thanks to a fast and continuous growth over the last few decades. Both marine and fresh water fish can be reared in fish farms, and there are species that are mainly produced by aquaculture rather than capture. As most of the...

Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) integrated active free cooling stores night time cold and serves as heat sink for cooling when demand rises. Passive buildings, albeit their advantages in limiting heat loss during winter time, are often paired with excessive internal overheating in...

Considerable research has been conducted on heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials (PCMs) in thermal energy storage systems. Heat transfer enhancement techniques such as the use of conductors like graphite, carbon fibre and carbon brushes have been proven to be effective. Shell and...

A conceptual system, mobilized thermal energy storage system (M-TES), was proposed for distributed heat supply. The economic evaluation that is essential to identify the key issues and provide guidelines regarding system improvement was conducted in this paper. Results show that the cost using...

An experimental validation for a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for tubes coiled in a phase change thermal energy storage system has been conducted. Using the validated CFD model, three CFD models have been developed. The first model was developed having pins embedded on a tube with...

An experimental study is presented on the cement mortar incorporated with expanded graphite (EG)/paraffin composite phase change material (PCM). The composite PCM was prepared by absorbing paraffin into EG with vacuum absorption method. The heat storage cement mortar (HSCM) with proper mass...

Nano-graphite (NG)/paraffin composites were prepared as composite phase change materials. NG has the function of improving the thermal conductivity of the composite. The microstructure and thermal properties of the materials were examined with environmental scanning electron microscopy and...