Phase Change Materials for Heat Transfer
- 1st Edition - March 17, 2023
- Editor: Hafiz Muhammad Ali
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 0 5 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 1 3 - 0
Phase Change Materials for Heat Transfer focuses on how to maximize the heat transfer rate and thermal storage capability of PCMs. Various aspects are covered, including prepar… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhase Change Materials for Heat Transfer focuses on how to maximize the heat transfer rate and thermal storage capability of PCMs. Various aspects are covered, including preparation of phase change materials to heat transfer enhancement and characteristics with an emphasis on prominent applications. The book is designed in such a manner to cover the broad definitions, introduction, brief history, preparation techniques, thermophysical properties and heat transfer characteristics with mathematical models, performance-affecting factors and the applications and challenges of PCMs. This handbook will prove invaluable to readers interested in a resource with the latest information in this emerging field.
- Provides key heat transfer enhancement and thermophysical properties features for a wide range of phase change materials
- Presents detailed parameter selection procedures impacting heat transfer
- Reviews available prediction methods for heat transfer and thermophysical properties of phase change material
- Includes practical applications of phase change materials for enhanced thermal control
- Explores practical challenges and opportunities of phase change materials potential in heat transfer enhancement
Materials Scientists and Engineers in R&D and academia working in industry and academia, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses related to mechanical engineering
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 1: Introduction and history of phase change materials’ heat transfer
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction and history of PCMs
- 1.2: Energy storage potential of PCMs
- 1.3: Modeling heat transfer in phase change process
- 1.4: Recent phase change material applications
- 1.5: Summary and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Thermal conductivity enhancement of PCMs
- 2.3: Thermal conductivity estimation
- 2.4: Concluding statements
- References
- Chapter 3: Heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Heat transfer enhancement techniques
- 3.3: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Heat transfer in metal foam infused PCM: A case study
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- Closure
- Future recommendations
- References
- Chapter 5: Phase change materials (PCMs) applications in solar energy systems
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction of latent heat storage
- 5.2: Concept of latent heat storage in solar systems
- 5.3: Thermal energy storage configurations for concentrating solar thermal applications
- 5.4: Characterization and selection of PCMs for concentrated solar applications
- 5.5: Analytical and numerical modeling of PCM integrated solar systems
- References
- Chapter 6: Phase change material application in heat sink: Microencapsulated PCM
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction: General electronics thermal management methods
- 6.2: Phase change material for thermal management application: Concept
- 6.3: Problem description
- 6.4: Methodology
- 6.5: Results and discussion
- 6.6: Conclusions and outlook
- 6.7: Scope of subsequent research
- References
- Chapter 7: Battery thermal management using phase change material
- Abstract
- 7.1: Battery thermal management system
- 7.2: Phase change material-based BTMS: A passive BTMS
- 7.3: Trending thermal management techniques using PCM
- 7.4: Recent developments: Hybrid BTMS
- 7.5: Conclusion and future direction for PCM-based BTMS
- Closure
- References
- Chapter 8: Phase change materials applications in buildings
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: PCM-based building structure
- 8.3: PCMs in heat storage modules
- 8.4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9: Evolution of heat transfer in phase change material
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Method
- 9.3: Result and discussions
- 9.4: Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 10: Phase change materials for battery thermal management
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Methods of battery thermal management systems
- 10.3: PCM-based battery-cooling systems
- 10.4: PCM selection
- 10.5: The advantages and challenges of PCM-based BTMS
- 10.6: Conclusion
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 324
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323919050
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985130
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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 Phase Change Materials for Heat Transfer on ScienceDirect