Phase Change Matters

From Energy:

• Protection and Thermal Management of Thermoelectric Generator System Using Phase Change Materials: An Experimental Investigation
• Performance analysis of a novel thermal management system with composite phase change material for a lithium-ion battery pack

From Solar Energy:

• Efficient energy storage technologies for photovoltaic systems
• The experimental appraisement of the effect of energy storage on the performance of solar chimney using phase change material

From Applied Thermal Engineering:

• Improving thermal management of electronic apparatus with paraffin (PA)/expanded graphite (EG)/graphene (GN) composite material
• Experimental exploration of incorporating form-stable hydrate salt phase change materials into cement mortar for thermal energy storage

From Thermal Science and Engineering Progress:

• Role of Metallic Foam in Heat Storage in the Presence of Nanofluid and MicroEncapsulated Phase Change Material

From International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer:

• Numerical investigation of thermal and optical performance of window units filled with nanoparticle enhanced PCM

From Applied Energy:

• Cost estimation and sensitivity analysis of a latent thermal energy storage system for supplementary cooling of air cooled condensers
• Influence of design on performance of a latent heat storage system at high temperatures

From Energy Conversion and Management:

• Preparation and investigation of distinct and shape stable paraffin/SiO2 composite PCM nanospheres

From Energy and Buildings:

• Parametric Analysis of Using PCM Walls for Heating Loads Reduction

From Data in Brief:

• Prediction of the Properties of Eutectic Organic Phase Change Materials

From Energy and Buildings:

• Diatomite/CNTs/PEG composite PCMs with shape-stabilized and improved thermal conductivity: Preparation and thermal energy storage properties

From Solar Energy:

• Thermal performance of phase change materials (PCM)-enhanced cellulose insulation in passive solar residential building walls

From Energy Procedia:

• A Parametric Study about the Potential to Integrate Phase Change Material into Photovoltaic Panel
• Investigations on thermal environment in residential buildings with PCM embedded in external wall
• Passive Cooling Using Phase Change Material and Insulation for High-rise Office Building in Tropical Climate
• A Study on Latent Heat Energy Storage Performance of Tetradecane
• Erythritol-Vermiculite form-stable phase change materials for thermal energy storage

From Applied Thermal Engineering:

• Modification of expanded graphite and its adsorption for hydrated salt to prepare composite PCMs

From Renewable Energy:

• Experimental Investigation of Solar Chimney with Phase Change Material (PCM)
• Effect of retrofitting a silver/water nanofluid-based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system with a PCM-thermal battery for residential applications

From International Journal of Thermal Sciences:

• Thermal charging performance of enhanced phase change material composites for thermal battery design

From Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects:

• Preparation and characterization of high-temperature non-flowing SiO2/EG/paraffin composites by high-temperature refining

From Materials Today: Proceedings:

• Experimental analysis of thermal energy storage by phase change material system for cooling and heating applications

From Materials & Design:

• Thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials with form-stable carbon bonded carbon fiber network

From Sustainable Cities and Society:

• Experimental study on thermal performance improvement of building envelopes by integrating with phase change material in an intermittently heated room

From International Journal of Refrigeration:

• Phase-change thermal energy storage using spherical capsules: performance of a test plant

• Prediction of the Properties of Eutectic Fatty Acid Phase Change Materials [Thermochimica Acta]

• Phase-change materials (PCM) for automotive applications: A review [Applied Thermal Engineering]

• A polymer-coated calcium chloride hexahydrate/expanded graphite composite phase change material with enhanced thermal reliability and good applicability [Composites Science and Technology]

• Synthesis and characterization of beeswax-tetradecanol-carbon fiber/expanded perlite form-stable composite phase change material for solar energy storage [Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing]

• An energy-efficient composite by using expanded graphite stabilized paraffin as phase change material [Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing]

• Synthesis and characterization of PEG/ZSM-5 composite phase change materials for latent heat storage [Renewable Energy]

• Fabrication and characteristics of composite phase change material based on Ba(OH)2·8H2O for thermal energy storage [Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells]

• Silica fume/capric acid-palmitic acid composite phase change material doped with CNTs for thermal energy storage [Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells]

• Hybridizing graphene aerogel into three-dimensional graphene foam for high-performance composite phase change materials [Energy Storage Materials]

• Phase Change in Spiral Coil Heat Storage Systems [Sustainable Cities and Society]

• Thermal management performance of phase change materials with different thermal conductivities for Li-ion battery packs operated at low temperatures [Energy]

• Geocooling with integrated PCM thermal energy storage in a Mediterranean climate [Energy]

• Enhancement in free cooling potential through PCM based storage system integrated with Direct Evaporative Cooling (DEC) unit [Energy]

• A Numerical Study on Phase Change Inside a Spherical Capsule [Exergetic, Energetic and Environmental Dimensions]

• Performance of a thermal energy storage composite by incorporating diatomite stabilized paraffin as phase change material [Energy and Buildings]

• Phase Change Materials for Application in Energy-Efficient Buildings [Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting]

• Thermal energy storage using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) incorporated hyperbranched polyurethane as solid-solid phase change material (PCM) [Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research]

• Comparative Research on Solar Phase Change Material Storage Wall Systems under Different Summer Working Conditions [Energies]

• The Application of Carbon Materials in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage (LHTES) [Thermal Transport in Carbon-Based Nanomaterials]

• H2O2-microwave treated graphite stabilized stearic acid as a composite phase change material for thermal energy storage [Royal Society of Chemistry]

• Sodium acetate–urea composite phase change material used in building envelopes for thermal insulation [Building Services Engineering Research & Technology]

• Integration of Pore Confinement and Hydrogen-Bond Influence on the Crystallization Behavior of C18 PCMs in Mesoporous Silica for Form-Stable Phase Change Materials [Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering]

• Thermal sensitive flexible phase change materials with high thermal conductivity for thermal energy storage [Energy Conversion and Management]

• The efficacy of cooling with phase change material for the treatment of exercise-induced muscle damage: pilot study [Journal of Sports Sciences]

• Form-stable phase change material based on Na2CO3·10H2O-Na2HPO4·12H2O eutectic hydrated salt/expanded graphite oxide composite: The influence of chemical structures of expanded graphite oxide [Renewable Energy]

• Structure and Thermal Performances of Paraffin/Diatomite Form-stable Phase Change Materials [Chinese Journal of Materials Research]

• High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study [Journal of Energy Storage]

• Numerical Simulation and Optimization of the Melting Process of Phase Change Material inside Horizontal Annulus [Energies]

• Evaluation and comparison of erythritol-based composites with addition of expanded graphite and carbon nanotubes [Applied Energy]

• Investigation of thermo-fluidic performance of phase change material slurry and energy transport characteristics [Applied Energy]

• Numerical investigation of heat transfer performance of a rotating latent heat thermal energy storage [Applied Energy]

• Application of shape-stabilized phase-change material sheets as thermal energy storage to reduce heating load in Japanese climate [Building and Environment]

• Graphite foam as interpenetrating matrices for phase change paraffin wax: A candidate composite for low temperature thermal energy storage [Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells]

• Alkali polyphosphates as new potential materials for thermal energy storage [Solar Energy]

• Magnesium phosphate cements formulated with low grade magnesium oxide incorporating phase change materials for thermal energy storage [Construction and Building Materials]

• Numerical and experimental investigation of an insulation layer with phase change materials (PCMs) [Energy and Buildings]

• INPATH-TES: Innovative pathways to PhD research in thermal energy storage [Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering]

• Application of high temperature phase change materials for improved efficiency in waste-to-energy plants [Waste Management]

• Experimental investigation and EnergyPlus-based model prediction of thermal behavior of building containing phase change material [Journal of Building Engineering]

• Experimental Analysis of Graphite Dispersed Salt Hydrates based Phase Change Materials to Determine Enhancement in their Thermophysical Properties [pdf] [Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences]

• Use of phase change materials during compressed air expansion for isothermal CAES plants [35th UIT Heat Transfer Conference]

• Simulation of Melting Process of a Phase Change Material (PCM) using ANSYS (Fluent) [pdf] [International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology]

• Cellulose/Paraffin Composite Fibers for Thermal Energy Storage and Temperature Regulation [IUMRS International Conference in Asia]

• Enhanced Specific Heat Capacity of Binary Chloride Salt by Dissolving Magnesium for High-temperature Thermal Energy Storage and Transfer [Journal of Materials Chemistry A]

• Thermal performance analysis of a novel PCM capsule in red blood cell shape [Applied Thermal Engineering]

• Experimental demonstration, modeling and analysis of a novel latent-heat thermal energy storage unit with a helical fin [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer]

• Preparation, characterization and thermal properties of fatty acid eutectics/bentonite/expanded graphite composites as novel form–stable thermal energy storage materials [Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells]

• Parametric study and approximation of the exact analytical solution of the Stefan problem in a finite PCM layer in a steady periodic regime [International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer]

• Synthesis, characterization and applications of microencapsulated phase change materials in thermal energy storage [Energy and Buildings]

• Graphene nanoplatelets enhanced myo-inositol for solar thermal energy storage [Thermal Science and Engineering Progress]

• Fast charging of thermal energy storage systems enabled by phase change materials mixed with expanded graphite [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer]

• Synthesis and characterization of a narrow size distribution nano phase change material emulsion for thermal energy storage [Solar Energy]

• Analysis of the effects of use of thermal energy storage device (TESD) in solar air heater [Alexandria Engineering Journal]

• Experiment and simulation of thermal management for a tube-shell Li-ion battery pack with composite phase change material [Applied Thermal Engineering]

• Novel model for the prediction of SSLE temperatures and crystallization paths of any mixture containing palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid [Thermochimica Acta]

• A review on recent advancements in photovoltaic thermal techniques [Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews]

• A comparative study on corrosion behavior of rebar in concrete with fatty acid additive as phase change material [Construction and Building Materials]

• Novel phase change materials based on fatty acid eutectics and triallyl isocyanurate composites for thermal energy storage [Journal of Applied Polymer Science]

• Optimal cooling intervention for construction workers in a hot and humid environment [Building and Environment]

From Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews:

• A review on encapsulation techniques for inorganic phase change materials and the influence on their thermophysical properties
• Phase equilibrium in the design of phase change materials for thermal energy storage: State-of-the-art

From Applied Thermal Engineering:

• Investigating the impact of Cp-T values determined by DSC on the PCM-CFD Model
• Performance of a Finned, Latent-Heat Storage System for Solar Thermal Power Application

From Applied Energy:

• Impact of periodic flow reversal of heat transfer fluid on the melting and solidification processes in a latent heat shell and tube storage system
• The effects of flake graphite nanoparticles, phase change material, and film cooling on the solar still performance
• A quick-fix design of phase change material by particle blending and spherical agglomeration

From Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers:

• Phase-change heat transfer in a cavity heated from below: The effect of utilizing single or hybrid nanoparticles as additives

From Energy:

• Field evaluation of microencapsulated phase change material slurry in ground source heat pump systems

From Renewable Energy:

• Numerical studies on thermal and electrical performance of a fully wetted absorber PVT collector with PCM as a storage medium
• Glass encapsulated phase change materials for high temperature thermal energy storage

From SAE World Congress Experience:

• Integration and Validation of Thermal Energy Storage System for Electric Vehicle Cabin Heating

From Engineering Technology International Conference 2016:

• Preparation and characterization of form-stable paraffin/polycaprolactone composites as phase change materials for thermal energy storage