High-Temperature Chloride-Carbonate Phase Change Material: Thermal Performances and Modelling of a Packed Bed Storage System for Concentrating Solar Power Plants by Giovanni Salvatore Sau, Valerio Tripi, Anna Chiara Tizzoni, Raffaele Liberatore, Emiliana Mansi, Annarita Spadoni, Natale Corsaro, Mauro Capocelli, Tiziano Delise, Anna Della Libera

“…Then, an indirect heat exchanger was considered for the simulation, assuming aluminum capsules to confine the PCM, thus obtaining the maximum possible heat exchange surface and air at 5 bar as heat transfer fluid (HTF). The modelling was carried out setting the inlet and outlet air temperatures at, respectively, 290 °C and 550 °C, obtaining a realistic storage efficiency of around 0.6. …”
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Energy, exergy and economic (3E) analysis of flat-plate solar collector using novel environmental friendly nanofluid by Muhammad Amar, Naveed Akram, Ghulam Qadar Chaudhary, Salim Newaz Kazi, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Md Abul Kalam

“…The thermal efficiency of flat plate solar collectors is improved when conventional heat transfer fluids are replaced with nanofluids because they offer superior thermo-physical properties to conventional heat transfer fluids. …”
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Improved Thermophysical Properties and Energy Efficiency of Aqueous Ionic Liquid/MXene Nanofluid in a Hybrid PV/T Solar System by Likhan Das, Khairul Habib, R. Saidur, Navid Aslfattahi, Syed Mohd Yahya, Fazlay Rubbi

“…In addition, nanofluids have gained immense interest as superior heat transfer fluid in solar technologies for the last decades. …”
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Investigation of Natural Convection and Entropy Generation in a Porous Titled Z-Staggered Cavity Saturated by TiO2-Water Nanofluid by Qusay Rasheed Al-Amir, Hameed K. Hamzah, Farooq H. Ali, M. Hatami, Wael Al-Kouz, Ahmed Al-Manea, Raed Al-Rbaihat, Ali Alahmer

“…This phenomenon plays a crucial role in enhancing heat transfer, fluid flow, and overall system performance. …”
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Optimization and Techno-Economic Appraisal of Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant under Different Scenarios: A Case Study of Morocco by Hanane Ait Lahoussine Ouali, Ahmed Alami Merrouni, Shahariar Chowdhury, Kuaanan Techato, Sittiporn Channumsin, Nasim Ullah

“…To achieve this, several parameters were assessed, including the impacts of solar collector assemblies (SCAs), receiver types, heat transfer fluids, cooling systems, solar multiples, and thermal storage hours, with regard to the profitability of the CSP plant. …”
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Thermal Analysis of a Parabolic Trough Collectors System Coupled to an Organic Rankine Cycle and a Two-Tank Thermal Storage System: Case Study of Itajubá-MG Brazil by Gaylord Carrillo Caballero, Yulineth Cardenas Escorcia, Luis Sebastián Mendoza Castellanos, Ana Lisbeth Galindo Noguera, Osvaldo José Venturini, Electo Eduardo Silva Lora, Elkin I. Gutiérrez Velásquez, Anibal Alviz Meza

“…Given Itajubá’s weather conditions, the results indicate that an electricity generation system can be implemented with the Solel UVAC Cermet selective coating for the absorber tube, water as the heat transfer fluid, and R-245fa as the working fluid. Based on the solar irradiation profile (1 March 2019), the parabolic trough collectors provided 63.3% of the energy required by the Organic Rankine Cycle to generate 7.4 kW, while the thermal storage system provided 36.4% of the energy demanded by the power generation block. …”
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Experimental research and numerical simulation of the thermal performance of a tube-fin cold energy storage unit using water/modified expanded graphite as the phase change material by Jinxin Feng, Ziye Ling, Jiangchang Huang, Xiaoming Fang, Zhengguo Zhang

“…Furthermore, the effects of the flow rate and inlet temperature of the heat transfer fluid on the charging process were explored. …”
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Thermal performance investigation of Therminol55/MWCNT+CuO nanofluid flow in a heat exchanger from an exergy and entropy approach by Kashif Irshad, Nazrul Islam, Md Hasan Zahir, Amjad Ali Pasha, Ahmed Farouk AbdelGawad

“…Nanofluids have been extensively studied in recent decades and have been regarded as “next-generation heat transfer fluids” due to their superior properties. However, dispersion stability and application at higher temperatures are among the challenges that must be overcome. …”
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Designing the dynamic response of Organic Rankine Cycle evaporators in waste heat recovery applications by Jiménez-Arreola, Manuel

“…The most common is the implementation of heat transfer fluid as an intermediary for the heat transfer process of the waste heat to the ORC effectively damping the fluctuations. …”
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Cascaded phase change materials in a packed bed thermal energy storage system: effect and solutions of filling void ratio with sensible heat materials by Khor, Jun Onn, Romagnoli, Alessandro

“…Compared to the baseline case, cyclic efficiency of a thermal storage system increases by ≈ 13.5% with thermal storage capacity increase from 10 to 30 kWh, increases by ≈ 9.6% with reduction of encapsulation size from 100 mm to 50 mm (diameter ratio increases from 10 to 20) and increases by ≈ 13.2% if void ratio is reduced with solid sensible heat material to 0.30 and subsequently filled with heat transfer fluid. For the best case simulated (optimized with all three parameters), cyclic efficiency increases by ≈ 21.9% compared to the baseline case.…”
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Experimental investigation on forced convection heat transfer of water - ethylene glycol based TIO2 nanofluid by Khamisah, Abdul Hamid

“…Nanofluid as a new heat transfer fluid have overcome the limitations in thermal performance faced by conventional fluids such as water (W), ethylene glycol (EG) and oil based fluids. …”
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Steady forced convection flow and heat transfer in a nanofluid with passive control model by Siti Norfatihah, Zulkifli

“…Fluid such as water is commonly used as a heat transfer fluid because of its high heat capacity. Nevertheless, the limitation of water and the low thermal conductivity of other conventional heat transfer fluids could affect the efficiency of heat exchange. …”
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Characteristics of heat transfer and fluid flow in microchannel heat sinks with rectangular grooves and different shaped ribs by Qifeng Zhu, Kunpeng Chang, Junjie Chen, Xinmin Zhang, Huixue Xia, Hongwei Zhang, Hua Wang, Haixia Li, Yangyang Jin

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Enhancing thermal performance in a magnetized square cavity: Novel insights from mixed convection of Ag-MgO nanofluid around a rotating cylinder by Falah A. Abood, Sana J. Yaseen, Iman G. Mohammed, Raad Z. Homod, Hayder I. Mohammed

“…These findings exhibit that MgO-Ag nanofluid has the potential to be used as an advanced heat transfer fluid in cooling systems and heat exchangers. …”
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Optimization and thermal performance of U-type evacuated tube solar collector filled with phase change material by Yong Li, Xiaoyu Liang, Wang Song, Tong Li, Dengjia Wang, Yanfeng Liu

“…The design of different energy storage solutions, including the melting point of the PCM, the flow rate of heat transfer fluid (HTF) and the diameter of the inner glass tube were optimized. …”
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Hot filament chemical vapor deposition temperature field optimization for diamond films deposited on silicon nitride substrates by Yuhou Wu, Huisen Zhang, Guangyu Yan, Lusheng Liu, Daniel Cristea, He Wang, Yumiao Yang, Jianhui Shen

“…The influence of some key parameters of hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) on the temperature distribution during the deposition of diamond coatings on silicon nitride (Si _3 N _4 ) substrates was assessed with the help of the finite element method. Solid heat transfer, fluid heat transfer and surface radiation heat transfer mechanisms were used to calculate the substrate temperature in the steady state during the deposition process. …”
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Performance of an Indirect Packed Bed Reactor for Chemical Energy Storage by Tiziano Delise, Salvatore Sau, Anna Chiara Tizzoni, Annarita Spadoni, Natale Corsaro, Raffaele Liberatore, Tania Morabito, Emiliana Mansi

“…Since air shows advantages both as a reactant and heat transfer fluid, the modelling was performed considering a redox oxide based system, and, for this purpose, it was considered a pelletized aluminum/manganese spinel. …”
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Tuning energy transport in solar thermal systems using nanostructured materials by Lenert, Andrej

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Multi-objective optimization and price performance factor evaluation of polyaniline nanofibers-palm oil nanofluids for thermal energy storage application by A.G.N. Sofiah, J. Pasupuleti, M. Samykano, N.F. Sulaiman, Z.A.C. Ramli, R. Reji Kumar, S. Shahabuddin, A.K. Pandey, S.K. Tiong, S.P. Koh

“…The formulated polyaniline-palm oil nanofluid evaluated properties expose the possibility of alternative advanced heat transfer fluid for thermal energy storage application due to their superior inherent qualities.…”
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HVDC Converter Cooling System with a Phase Change Dispersion by Ludger Fischer, Ernesto Mura, Geng Qiao, Poppy O’Neill, Silvan von Arx, Qi Li, Yulong Ding

“…Phase change dispersions are a new class of heat transfer fluids that employ the latent heat of phase change, thus offering isothermal cooling during melting. …”
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