The performance of a kind of shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) was demonstrated in the Testing and Demonstration Platform for Building Energy Research. The results indicate that the use of PCM could lower the indoor temperature fluctuation and slow the indoor temperature’s decline...

The concepts of the energy saving equivalent (ESE) and energy saving index (ESI) are presented in this paper to evaluate the performance of new materials and components in passive buildings. The ESE represents the hypothetical energy that should be input to maintain a passive room at the same...

This study evaluates performance of passive thermal management system of high power Li-ion batteries in a cold environment. Two different phase change materials (PCM) consisting of pure paraffin and paraffin-graphite composites are considered and compared with a battery module in absence of PCM...

Thermal Energy Storage (TES) is an important challenge for the development and implementation of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. The heat can be stored in a sensible, thermochemical or latent form. Recently, the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) kind has gained the most of...

This study evaluates performance of passive thermal management system of high power Li-ion batteries in a cold environment. Two different phase change materials (PCM) consisting of pure paraffin and paraffin-graphite composites are considered and compared with a battery module in absence of PCM...

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...

This work focuses on the preparation of AC (activated carbon) through a physical activation method using peat soil as a precursor, followed by the use of the AC as an inorganic framework for the preparation of SPCM (shape-stabilized phase change material). The SPCM, composed of n-octadecane as...