Heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules: A review

A. Felix Regin, S.C. Solanki and J.S. Saini

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2008, vol. 12, issue 9, 2438-2458

Abstract: Thermal energy storage has recently attracted increasing interest related to thermal applications such as space and water heating, waste heat utilization, cooling and air-conditioning. Energy storage is essential whenever there is a mismatch between the supply and consumption of energy. Use of phase change material (PCM) capsules assembled as a packed bed is one of the important methods that has been proposed to achieve the objective of high storage density with higher efficiency. A proper designing of the thermal energy storage systems using PCMs requires quantitative information about heat transfer and phase change processes in PCM. This paper reviews the development of available latent heat thermal energy storage technologies. The different aspects of storage such as material, encapsulation, heat transfer, applications and new PCM technology innovation have been carried out.

Keywords: PCM; capsules; Packed; bed; Thermal; energy; storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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