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Thermal energy storage for low and medium temperature applications using phase change materials – a review
journal contribution
posted on 2016-06-14, 13:54 authored by Jose M.P. Pinto Pereira da Cunha, Philip EamesPhilip EamesA comprehensive review of phase change materials (PCMs) with phase transition temperatures between 0 and 250 °C is presented. From that review, organic compounds and salt hydrates seem more promising below 100 °C and eutectic mixtures from 100 to 250 °C.
Practical indirect heat exchanger designs for latent heat storage systems were also assessed and feasible heat enhancement mechanisms reviewed. The focus on this temperature range is due to potential CO2 emissions reduction able to be achieved replacing conventional heating and cooling applications in the domestic, commercial and public administration sectors, which represented around a quarter of the UK’s final energy consumption in 2015.
Funding
The research presented in this paper is funded by the EPSRC through Grant reference EP/K011847/1, Interdisciplinary centre for Storage, Transformation and Upgrading of Thermal Energy (i-STUT)E and a Loughborough University funded PhD studentship.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Unit
- Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)
Published in
Applied EnergyVolume
177Pages
227 - 238Citation
PEREIRA DA CUNHA, J. and EAMES, P., 2016. Thermal energy storage for low and medium temperature applications using phase change materials – a review. Applied Energy, 177, pp. 227 - 238.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2016Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Applied Energy and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.097ISSN
0306-2619Publisher version
Language
- en