Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 5439
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermal energy application relates to heating demands as well as the demand for cooling. It includes industrial, as well as comfort and domestic thermal applications. Many of our thermal energy demands are presently serviced by electricity as the energy carrier (e.g., for running chillers to provide cooling) and are often responsible for high peaks in our electricity network. Storage represents a key solution to alleviating these peaks and, also, to enable the large-scale penetration of fluctuating solar and wind in our electricity generation mix. Here, the recent societal focus has primarily been on battery technologies, whereas thermal energy storage has the potential to be cheaper and more functional for many applications.
One particular type of thermal energy storage involves using so-called phase change materials (PCMs), where the latent heat involved in the phase change (with liquid–solid phase change most commonly proposed) allows for storing heat or cold at a high energy density per unit volume and weight. The thermal energy is also stored at a constant temperature during the phase change. These aspects make the incorporation of PCMs very attractive for many thermal applications.
The Special Issue “Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Applications” seeks to highlight the state of the art regarding high energy density thermal management using PCMs for a wide variety of applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, PCMs as applied to:
- Distributed storage solutions;
- District heating and cooling;
- Power to heat and power to cold;
- Concentrating solar power;
- Agricultural applications, including thermal management in greenhouses;
- Industrial applications, including surplus heat utilization;
- Demand-side management for buildings.
The applications, and aspects related to the integration of PCM technology in these, should be at the center of attention of submitted papers.
Prof. Dr. Viktoria E. Martín
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phase change materials
- PCM
- thermal energy
- thermal energy storage
- thermal management
- efficiency
- heating
- cooling
- heat transfer
- energy density
- power
- technoeconomic feasibility
