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Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems

Methods and Applications

  • 3rd Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Luisa F. Cabeza
  • Language: English

Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods and Applications, Third Edition covers thermal energy storage systems, (TES) including all major advances and develo… Read more

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Description

Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods and Applications, Third Edition covers thermal energy storage systems, (TES) including all major advances and developments since the previous edition. It provides readers with comprehensive information related to TES, along with a variety of applications across the energy/power and construction sectors, including the transport industry. After an introduction to TES systems, editor Prof. Dr. Luisa F. Cabeza and her team of expert authors consider the source, design, and operation of the use of water, molten salts, concrete, aquifers, boreholes, and a variety of phase change materials for TES systems before analyzing thermochemical energy storage.

This edition benefits from several new chapters that cover the most advanced technologies, including TES using solid particles or packed bed tanks, cryogenic latent heat storage and solid-solid PCMs, advanced control systems, and sector coupling and flexibility due to the integration of TES. It will benefit researchers and academics of energy systems and thermal energy storage, construction engineering academics, engineers and practitioners in the energy and power industry, architects of plants and storage systems, and R&D managers.

Key features

  • Reviews heat and cold storage technologies, including the use of water, molten salts, concrete, and boreholes
  • Describes latent heat storage systems and thermochemical heat storage
  • Includes information on the monitoring and control of thermal energy storage systems and considers their applications in residential buildings, power, and other areas

Readership

Researchers and academics of energy systems and thermal energy storage, as well as construction engineering; researchers and academics of energy systems and thermal energy storage; Engineers and practitioners in the energy and power industry

Table of contents

1. Introduction to thermal energy storage systems

2. Advances in the use of water for heat storage

3. Advances in molten salt storage systems using other liquid sensible storage media for heat storage

4. Using concrete and other solid storage media in thermal energy storage systems

5. The use of aquifers as thermal energy storage systems

6. The use of borehole thermal energy storage systems

7. Analysis, modeling, and simulation of underground thermal energy storage systems

8. Use of solid particles as thermal energy storage material

9. Packed bed thermal energy storage systems

10. Using ice and snow in thermal energy storage systems

11. Cryogenic thermal energy storage systems

12. Solid-liquid phase change materials for thermal energy storage

13. Solid-solid phase change materials for thermal energy storage

14. Microencapsulation of phase change materials for thermal energy storage systems

15. Design of latent heat energy storage systems using phase change materials

16. Evaluation of the state of charge of latent thermal energy storage tanks

17. Modeling of heat transfer in phase change materials for thermal energy storage systems

18. Heat transfer enhancement in thermal energy storage tanks

19. Integrating phase change materials in thermal energy storage systems for buildings

20. Sorption systems for thermal energy storage

21. Modeling of sorption systems for thermal energy storage

22. Using thermochemical reactions in thermal energy storage systems

23. Modeling thermochemical reactions in thermal energy storage systems

24. Monitoring and control of thermal energy storage systems

25. Advanced control of thermal energy storage systems using artificial intelligence

26. Thermal energy storage for space heating and domestic hot water in individual residential buildings

27. Thermal energy storage systems for cooling in residential buildings

28. Thermal energy storage systems for district heating and cooling

29. Waste heat recovery using thermal energy storage

30. Thermal energy storage systems for cogeneration and trigeneration systems

31. Thermal storage for concentrating solar power plants

32. Thermal energy storage systems for greenhouse technology

33. Thermal energy storage in the transport sector

34. Thermal energy storage for temperature management of electronics

35. Carnot batteries with thermal energy storage integration

36. Environmental aspects in thermal energy storage systems

37. Economics aspects in thermal energy storage systems

38. Social aspects in thermal energy storage and co-benefits of the technology

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Luisa F. Cabeza

Prof. Dr. Luisa F. Cabeza is a full professor on Thermal Engineering at the University of Lleida, Spain. She holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and in Chemical Engineering, as well as a MBA and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain). Prof. Cabeza’s research interests include thermal energy storage in all its aspects, from the different technologies (sensible, latent and sorption&chemical reactions) to different applications. Further research interests include social aspects (social acceptance, social evaluation, etc.). She is active in different national and international networks on the topic and she holds numerous awards. Prof. Cabeza has co-authored more than 250 journal papers and book chapters in the area of thermal energy storage.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, University of Lleida, Spain