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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.