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Effect of Particle Size on the Thermal Conductivity of Organic Phase Change Materials with Expanded Graphite (2024)
Journal Article
Jesus D'Oliveira, E., Azimov, U., Costa Pereira, C., & Lafdi, K. (in press). Effect of Particle Size on the Thermal Conductivity of Organic Phase Change Materials with Expanded Graphite. Journal of Energy Storage,

Numerous studies have been conducted to enhance the thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs) using various techniques. Among them, adding high-conductive particles, such as expanded graphite (EG). Nevertheless, in the published literatur... Read More about Effect of Particle Size on the Thermal Conductivity of Organic Phase Change Materials with Expanded Graphite.

Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode (2023)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Iqrar, S. A., Costa Pereira, S. C., Shahzad, M. W., Nawaz, K., & Worek, W. (2023). Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode. International Journal of Heat

The present study explores a hybrid thermal management technology based on air cooling and hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) filled finned heat sink for cooling performance of lower to medium heat flux dissipating electronic devices. Two... Read More about Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode.

Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Costa Pereira, C. (2022). Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results. In Proceedings of EuroSun 2022 - ISES and IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry. ht

Energy consumption is expected to continue rising, and in conjunction with greater environmental concern, it has boosted the development of renewable and sustainable energy sources, including storage media materials for thermal energy storage (TES) s... Read More about Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results.

Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications (2021)
Journal Article
D'Oliveira, E. J., Pereira, S. C. C., Groulx, D., & Azimov, U. (2022). Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 46, Article 103794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.1

A major problem worldwide is the increase in global energy consumption due to the drastic growth in population and requirements to meet human thermal comfort. The residential sector is one of the biggest energy consumers, and the most significant sha... Read More about Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications.

A review of metallic materials for latent heat thermal energy storage: Thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Costa, S. C., & Kenisarin, M. (2022). A review of metallic materials for latent heat thermal energy storage: Thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 154, Article 111812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

Phase change materials provide desirable characteristics for latent heat thermal energy storage by keeping the high energy density and quasi isothermal working temperature. Along with this, the most promising phase change materials, including organic... Read More about A review of metallic materials for latent heat thermal energy storage: Thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges.

Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
D'Oliveira, E. J., Costa Pereira, C., & Azimov, U. (2021). Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials. In Energy and Sustainability IX

The combination of solar collectors with latent heat thermal energy storage system (LHTESS) has been employed to utilise solar energy more effectively, as this technology can provide a balancing function to match the variability in supply and demand,... Read More about Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials.

Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arteconi, A., Ferracuti, F., Tascioni, R., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Costa, C., …Cioccolanti, L. (2021). Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineer

This paper presents black box models to represent a LHTESS (Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System) coupled with heat pipes, aimed at increasing the storage performance and at decreasing the time of charging/discharging. The presented storage syst... Read More about Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes.

Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review (2019)
Journal Article
Kenisarin, M. M., Mahkamov, K., Costa, S. C., & Makhkamova, I. (2020). Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review. Journal of Energy Storage, 27, Article 101082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.101082

To date, numerous phase change materials (PCM) have been developed for application in latent heat storage systems. There are many issues in the process from the development of PCM to using them in storage systems, which should be resolved. The proble... Read More about Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review.