Phase Change Materials and Thermal Energy Storage Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 1349
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As we all know, most forms of energy will eventually be transformed into thermal energy. More importantly, nearly 60% of all the energy we make from all energy resources, such as fossil fuels and solar energy, is wasted in the form of thermal energy in its utilization. If this huge amount of thermal energy can be effectively used, it can make a great difference for mankind. Phase change materials, such as fatty acids, nitrites, and carbonates, are effective mediums to store thermal energy due to their high latent heat level. With the appropriate design of thermal energy storage systems and phase change materials, the wasted thermal energy from almost all industrial fields can be more effectively used, which can then play a very important role in coping with current global challenges, such as the energy crisis and global warming.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, modeling, and application of all kinds of phase change materials and all types of thermal energy systems.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- All aspects of phase change materials and thermal energy storage systems.
- New phase change materials.
- Phase transition enhancement theory and techniques.
- The design and application of thermal energy storage systems.
- Life cycle assessment of thermal energy storage systems.
- Performance analysis of thermal energy storage systems.
- Latent and sensible heat storage.
- The thermal conductivities improvement of phase change materials.
- Heat and mass transfer and fluid flow in thermal energy storage systems.
- The evaluation and optimization of thermal energy systems.
- The modeling of thermal energy storage systems.
Dr. Jiangwei Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phase change material
- thermal energy storage
- phase transition enhancement
- heat and mass transfer
- energy storage system design
- latent heat storage
- sensible heat storage
- evaluation and optimization
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