Advanced Materials based Thermally Enhanced Phase Change Materials
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - April 12, 2024
- Editor: Hafiz Muhammad Ali
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 7 4 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 7 5 - 9
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Request a sales quoteAdvanced Materials-based Thermally Enhanced Phase Change Materials: Fundamentals and Applications focuses on the use of advanced materials to enhance the thermal characteristics of phase change materials used to maximize heat transfer rate and thermal storage capability of PCMs. The book covers the various aspects of PCMs through characteristics and preparation to heat transfer enhancement with an emphasis on prominent applications. It progresses from a brief history to a literature review, definitions, recent advances, preparation techniques, thermophysical properties and heat transfer characteristics with mathematical models, performance-affecting factors, and applications and challenges of PCMs in manufacturing.
This powerful tool for researchers and energy engineers offers cutting-edge materials advances, analysis and applications of phase change materials in manufacturing.
- Provides an in-depth explanation of phase change materials (PCMs), heat transfer, and thermal characteristics and applications
- Covers applications and challenges for commercialization
- Explores advanced materials such as nanoparticles, graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXene, metallic foams, and micro fins
Students, engineers, and researchers who work in the field of thermal process engineering, energy storage, thermal management, building energy saving, PCM applications and other renewable energy technologies such as solar power applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter One Introduction to phase change materials
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How PCMs work?
- 3 Questions before selecting PCM
- 4 Types and classification of PCMs
- 5 PCMs in hybrid energy storage systems
- 6 Application of PCMs
- 7 Application of nanotechnology in PCM
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Two Synthesis and characterization of PCMs
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Phase change material
- 3 Synthesis of PCM
- 4 PCM characterization techniques
- 5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Three Thermophysical properties of PCMs
- Abstract
- 1 Phase change materials and their uses
- 2 Storage options for energy and categorization of PCMs
- 3 PCMs features
- 4 Benefits and drawbacks of PCMs
- 5 Various uses of PCMs at a variety of temperatures
- References
- Chapter Four Advanced materials for PCMs
- Abstract
- 1 Explanation of phase change materials (PCMs)
- 2 Novel usages of phase change materials
- 3 Thermal characteristics and enhanced phase change effectiveness
- 4 Techniques, models, and advancements for PCM incorporation
- 5 PCMs uses in buildings
- References
- Chapter Five Nanoparticles dispersed in PCMs
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Energy storage strategies
- 3 Phase change materials (PCMs)
- 4 Uses of PCMs
- 5 Increasing PCM’s thermal conductivity
- References
- Chapter Six Metal foam-based PCM
- Abstract
- 1 PCM thermal conductivity enhancement with metal foam
- 2 Elaboration and experimental study of thermophysical properties of MF-PCM composites
- 3 Thermal behavior of a PCM-FM composite: Numerical study
- 4 Chapter conclusion
- References
- Chapter Seven Phase-change material (PCM) thermophysical property improvement by nanoparticles
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Preparation of nanoenhanced PCMs
- 3 Stability of Ne-PCMs
- 4 Characterization of Ne-PCMs
- 5 Effects of nanoparticles on PCM thermophysical properties
- 6 Applications of Ne-PCMS
- 7 Conclusion, challenges and prospects
- References
- Chapter Eight Environmental and economic impacts of PCM utilization
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of different PCMs properties and cost
- 3 Sustainability of PCMs
- 4 Economic analysis of different PCM systems
- 5 Environmental impact of different PCMs
- 6 Life cycle assessment of different PCM types
- 7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Nine Critical analysis of PCM performance
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Types of PCM
- 3 Characterization and thermophysical properties of PCMs
- 4 Preparation methods of PCMs
- 5 Experimental and numerical performance of PCM
- 6 Application of PCMs
- 7 Conclusion
- 8 Challenges and future scope for research in PCMs
- References
- Chapter Ten Application of artificial intelligence techniques for heat exchanger predictions in food industry
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Machine learning applications in single-phase flows
- 3 Machine learning applications in two-phase flows
- 4 Machine learning applications on determination of physical properties
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Eleven Melting transport enhancement of nanoparticle-enhanced latent heat thermal energy storage system under influence of non-uniform magnetic field induced by two variable sources
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Physical model and mathematical formulation
- 3 Results and discussions
- 4 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 12, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443215742
- eBook ISBN: 9780443215759
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Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Hafiz Muhammad Ali is currently working as an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, in 2011. He was a postdoc at Water and Energy Laboratory of University of California at Merced, United States, during 2015-16. Dr. Ali is a noted faculty member having thermal sciences, heat transfer, and solar energy as his major areas of interest. His research interests include electronics cooling, condensation, nanofluids, heat transfer devices, and thermal management. He is the recipient of the “Best Young Research Scholar Award” for 2017 in the Engineering category, conferred by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan at the 7th HEC Outstanding Research Award Ceremony. He also had the honor of receiving HEC’s Best Research Paper Award (2013/2014) and Research Productivity Award by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (2016-17). Apart from his academic duties, he is actively involved with editorial duties in several international journals, notably Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer), International Journal of Thermofluids (Elsevier), Journal Thermal Science, and Journal of Mechanical Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaRead Advanced Materials based Thermally Enhanced Phase Change Materials on ScienceDirect