A review on phase-change materials: Mathematical modeling and simulations

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 112 - 130
• Main Authors: Dutil, Yvan, Rousse, Daniel R., Salah, Nizar Ben, Lassue, Stéphane, Zalewski, Laurent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2011; Elsevier
• Series: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Component; Component Thermal energy storage Phase-change materials Latent heat Power system economics Power demand Mathematical modeling Numerical simulations; Computational efficiency; Computer simulation; Density; Energy; energy efficiency; Energy storage; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Latent heat; Law; Mathematical modeling; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Numerical simulations; phase transition; Phase-change materials; Power demand; Power system economics; prediction; simulation models; Supply and demand; supply balance; temperature; Thermal energy storage; thermal properties; Transport and storage of energy; Latent heat; Power demand; Numerical simulations; Power system economics; Thermal energy storage; Mathematical modeling; Component; Phase-change materials

Energy storage components improve the energy efficiency of systems by reducing the mismatch between supply and demand. For this purpose, phase-change materials are particularly attractive since they provide a high-energy storage density at a constant temperature which corresponds to the phase transi...