Curbing global warming with phase change materials for energy storage

Synthesis and performances of novel solid–solid phase change materials with hexahydroxy compounds for thermal energy storage

“…Among them, latent heat storage using PCMs is the most efficient way of TES because of the large thermal storage density of PCMs at a nearly constant temperature. Thus, the research and development of PCMs with high thermal properties is the focus and crux of TES for various applications [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] such as intelligently air-conditioned buildings, thermostatic regulators, thermoregulated textiles, agricultural greenhouses, and so on.…”

A review on energy conservation in buildings by use of Air layers and Phase Change Material

“…For practical purposes, only the solid-liquid variety can be used for building cooling or heating because the other varieties have technical limitations [34,35]. There is a wide variety of PCMs on the market with different melting point ranges .The most common classifications of PCMs are organic, inorganic and eutectic [36,37], as presented in Fig. 8 and discussed in detail in the following sections.…”

Thermal performance of a window shutter containing PCM: Numerical validation and experimental analysis

“…The use of phase change materials (PCMs) is currently a promising solution to improve the energy performance of building elements considering their capacity to store and release energy. This capacity contributes to minimize the maximum and the minimum indoor air temperature peaks and to reduce the buildings energy demand [18,[25][26][27]. Many studies and research challenges of PCM into glazing and/or windows solutions can be found in the literature [17,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38].…”