Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review

Cold thermal energy storage (CTES) plays a vital role in many industrial applications such as central air-conditioning in the large buildings, high powered electronic cooling applications, waste heat recovery, food processing, and restoring the electrical power imbalance between daytime need and nig...

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Main Authors: Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che, Kean, Tung Hao, Chow, Hoong Kee, Rajaandra, Aravinthan, Saidur Rahman, *, Kaur, Jesbains *
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Published: Elsevier 2018
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author Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che
Kean, Tung Hao
Chow, Hoong Kee
Rajaandra, Aravinthan
Saidur Rahman, *
Kaur, Jesbains *
author_facet Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che
Kean, Tung Hao
Chow, Hoong Kee
Rajaandra, Aravinthan
Saidur Rahman, *
Kaur, Jesbains *
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description Cold thermal energy storage (CTES) plays a vital role in many industrial applications such as central air-conditioning in the large buildings, high powered electronic cooling applications, waste heat recovery, food processing, and restoring the electrical power imbalance between daytime need and night-time abundance. In addition, CTES system incorporating phase change materials (PCM) is proved as a viable option for achieving high energy efficiency by many systems. Due to the significance of this issue, many studies have been conducted on the applications of PCM in CTES system. The main aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive review, which summarizes recent research progress on PCM-CTES and an overview of numerical and experimental studies on the heat transfer performance of different base fluid of PCMs. This article also discusses several factors affecting the thermal conductivity of PCMs, such as nanoparticle enhanced PCMs, shape of encapsulated PCM materials, solid volume fraction and particle size. Observation and findings from past studies are discussed in detail. Recommendations based on research results, advantages and drawbacks of PCM-CTES are made for future research directions.
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spelling sunway-8782019-04-30T08:57:40Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/878/ Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che Kean, Tung Hao Chow, Hoong Kee Rajaandra, Aravinthan Saidur Rahman, * Kaur, Jesbains * QC Physics Cold thermal energy storage (CTES) plays a vital role in many industrial applications such as central air-conditioning in the large buildings, high powered electronic cooling applications, waste heat recovery, food processing, and restoring the electrical power imbalance between daytime need and night-time abundance. In addition, CTES system incorporating phase change materials (PCM) is proved as a viable option for achieving high energy efficiency by many systems. Due to the significance of this issue, many studies have been conducted on the applications of PCM in CTES system. The main aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive review, which summarizes recent research progress on PCM-CTES and an overview of numerical and experimental studies on the heat transfer performance of different base fluid of PCMs. This article also discusses several factors affecting the thermal conductivity of PCMs, such as nanoparticle enhanced PCMs, shape of encapsulated PCM materials, solid volume fraction and particle size. Observation and findings from past studies are discussed in detail. Recommendations based on research results, advantages and drawbacks of PCM-CTES are made for future research directions. Elsevier 2018 Article PeerReviewed Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che and Kean, Tung Hao and Chow, Hoong Kee and Rajaandra, Aravinthan and Saidur Rahman, * and Kaur, Jesbains * (2018) Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 94. pp. 85-95. ISSN 0735 1933 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2018.03.024 doi:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2018.03.024
spellingShingle QC Physics
Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che
Kean, Tung Hao
Chow, Hoong Kee
Rajaandra, Aravinthan
Saidur Rahman, *
Kaur, Jesbains *
Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title_full Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title_fullStr Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title_full_unstemmed Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title_short Performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: A review
title_sort performance enhancement of cold thermal energy storage system using nanofluid phase change materials: a review
topic QC Physics
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