Review on Advances and Challenges of Phase Change Material (PCM)

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Department of Polymer Processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI)

2 Department of Polymer Processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI).

3 Polymer group, Faculty of Technical and Engineering, Gorgan, Iran

Abstract

Having a reliable, low-cost, and always available energy production system has announced the energy storage systems as an important candidate. There are different methods to store renewable energies, which the storage of latent heat energy is more important one because of its ability to generate high energy storage density at constant temperature (phase change phase). Organic or inorganic compounds that are capable of absorbing and storing large amounts of heat energy are called phase-change materials. Due to the high efficiency and high capicity of phase-change materials in energy storage systems, the use of these materials in recent years has attracted many developed countries. The purpose of this paper is to review the various types of phase-change materials, the application systems and the other researches on these materials.

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Journal of Renewable and New Energy
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 12
September 2019
Pages 1-11

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  • Receive Date: 15 May 2018
  • Revise Date: 25 December 2018
  • Accept Date: 29 December 2018

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