Phase Change Materials Design and Applications

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: air; automotive; battery cooling; building applications; cold storage; construction materials; crystal growth; cyclic voltammetry; degradation kinetics; Direct Electron Transfer (DET); dispersion; energy efficiency; energy storage; erythritol; experimental study; finite element; Fourier Transform ac Voltammetry (FTacV); latent heat; latent heat storage; latent heat thermal energy storage; lathrate hydrate; LPMO; macro-encapsulation; Mathematics and Science; mechanical properties; melting; microencapsulated PCMs; microencapsulation; mini-channels; multicriteria decision; n/a; nucleating agent; PCM; phase change material; phase change materials; phase change materials (PCM); Physics; polyurethane elastomers; rectangular slab; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; sodium nitrate; solidification; sugar alcohol; supercooling; tetrabutylammonium acrylate (TBAAc); thermal conductivity; thermal energy storage; thermal properties; thermal stability; thermal-mechanical stability; ultrasonic vibration; viscosity
• ISBN: 3036550623; 9783036550619; 9783036550626; 3036550615
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5061-9

There is increasingly intensive research for energy storage technologies development due to the enhanced energy needs of the contemporary societies. Increased global energy consumption results in the reduction in the availability of traditional energy resources, such as coal, oil and natural gas. Therefore, there is an urgent need for new systems development based on the conversion and storage of sustainable and clean energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) are one of the key components for the development of advanced sustainable solutions in renewable energy and engineering systems. In order to update the field of renewable energy and engineering systems with the use of PCMs, a Special Issue entitled “Phase Change Materials: Design and Applications” is introduced. This book gathers and reviews the collection of ten contributions (nine articles and one review), with authors from Europe, Asia and Americam accepted for publication in the aforementioned Special Issue of Applied Sciences.