A review on current status and challenges of inorganic phase change materials for thermal energy storage systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 1072-1089

  Mohamed, Shamseldin A ^a   Al Sulaiman, Fahad A ^a   Ibrahim, Nasiru I ^a   Zahir, Md Hasan ^a   Al Ahmed, Amir ^a   Saidur, R ^a   Yilbas B S ^a   Sahin, A Z ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Phase change materials (PCMs); Solar energy; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

CURRENT STATUS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INORGANIC PHASIS; LATENT HEAT ENERGY STORAGE; ON CURRENTS; ON-CURRENTS; ORGANIC PHASE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 85007579687     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.012     Document Type: Review

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