Navigating a Sustainable Future with Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage provides a guide to PCMs that encompasses fundamental principles, recent innovations, and interdisciplinary applications. By offering detailed insight into improved PCM performance, cost-effective production, and integration with renewable energy and smart technologies, this book equips readers with the necessary knowledge to advance energy efficiency, meet regulatory requirements and achieve sustainability goals. Written for researchers and students in the fields of material science, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and energy engineering, especially those with a focus on thermal energy storage, Navigating a Sustainable Future with Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage is sure to be a welcomed resource.
1. Introduction - p. xix 2. 1: Connection between energy & phase change materials - p. P1 3. Chapter 1. Energy storage: toward sustainable future - p. 3 4. Chapter 2. Phase change materials for thermal energy storage: classification, challenges, and advances - p. 19 5. 2: Thermal performance enhancement of phase change materials - p. P55 6. Chapter 3. Impact of 1D, 2D, 3D nanomaterial with phase change materials - p. 57 7. Chapter 4. Significance of encapsulated phase change materials - p. 93 8. Chapter 5. Shape-stabilized phase change materials: solving the issue of leakage - p. 115 9. Chapter 6. Advancements in eutectic phase change materials - p. 159 10. 3: Phase change materials and its applications - p. P201 11. Chapter 7. Phase change materials in domestic solar energy systems - p. 203 12. Chapter 8. Battery thermal management and automotive applications of phase change materials - p. 233 13. Chapter 9. Electronics cooling and thermal management using phase change materials - p. 253 14. Chapter 10. Phase change materials for building thermal regulation - p. 281 15. Chapter 11. Phase change materials for cold storage - p. 307 16. Chapter 12. Phase change materials for space applications - p. 341 17. Chapter 13. Phase change materials for textile applications - p. 367 18. 4: Phase change materials and sustainability - p. P391 19. Chapter 14. Environmental and sustainability aspects of phase change materials - p. 393 20. Chapter 15. Life cycle analysis embodied with carbon/emission/recycling nature of phase change materials - p. 425 21. 5: Futuristic advancement associated with phase change materials - p. P443 22. Chapter 16. Emerging class of phase change materials: toward sustainable future with Internet of Things and smart technologies - p. 445 23. Index - p. 479
Navigating a Sustainable Future with Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage provides a guide to PCMs that encompasses fundamental principles, recent innovations, and interdisciplinary applications. By offering detailed insight into improved PCM performance, cost-effective production, and integration with renewable energy and smart technologies, this book equips readers with the necessary knowledge to advance energy efficiency, meet regulatory requirements and achieve sustainability goals. Written for researchers and students in the fields of material science, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and energy engineering, especially those with a focus on thermal energy storage, Navigating a Sustainable Future with Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage is sure to be a welcomed resource.
1. Introduction - p. xix 2. 1: Connection between energy & phase change materials - p. P1 3. Chapter 1. Energy storage: toward sustainable future - p. 3 4. Chapter 2. Phase change materials for thermal energy storage: classification, challenges, and advances - p. 19 5. 2: Thermal performance enhancement of phase change materials - p. P55 6. Chapter 3. Impact of 1D, 2D, 3D nanomaterial with phase change materials - p. 57 7. Chapter 4. Significance of encapsulated phase change materials - p. 93 8. Chapter 5. Shape-stabilized phase change materials: solving the issue of leakage - p. 115 9. Chapter 6. Advancements in eutectic phase change materials - p. 159 10. 3: Phase change materials and its applications - p. P201 11. Chapter 7. Phase change materials in domestic solar energy systems - p. 203 12. Chapter 8. Battery thermal management and automotive applications of phase change materials - p. 233 13. Chapter 9. Electronics cooling and thermal management using phase change materials - p. 253 14. Chapter 10. Phase change materials for building thermal regulation - p. 281 15. Chapter 11. Phase change materials for cold storage - p. 307 16. Chapter 12. Phase change materials for space applications - p. 341 17. Chapter 13. Phase change materials for textile applications - p. 367 18. 4: Phase change materials and sustainability - p. P391 19. Chapter 14. Environmental and sustainability aspects of phase change materials - p. 393 20. Chapter 15. Life cycle analysis embodied with carbon/emission/recycling nature of phase change materials - p. 425 21. 5: Futuristic advancement associated with phase change materials - p. P443 22. Chapter 16. Emerging class of phase change materials: toward sustainable future with Internet of Things and smart technologies - p. 445 23. Index - p. 479
