Edinburgh Napier University

Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of low-temperature OM55/GNPs/SPAN80 nanocomposites

Presentation / Conference

D'Oliveira, E., Pereira, S. C. C., Azimov, U., Groulx, D., & Costa, T. (2023, September)

Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of low-temperature OM55/GNPs/SPAN80 nanocomposites. Paper presented at Heat Powered Cycles Conference 2023, Edinburgh

Characterization of a small-scale PCM-Heat Exchanger: Impact of PCM selection

Presentation / Conference

Callaghan, R., D’Oliveira, E., Groulx, D., & Pereira, C. C. (2023, August)

Characterization of a small-scale PCM-Heat Exchanger: Impact of PCM selection. Presented at 17th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-17), Cape Town, South Africa

Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode

Journal Article

Arshad, A., Iqrar, S. A., Costa Pereira, S. C., Shahzad, M. W., Nawaz, K., & Worek, W. (2023)

Cooling performance of an active-passive hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) finned heat sink: Constant operating mode. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 207, Article 123973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.123973

The present study explores a hybrid thermal management technology based on air cooling and hybrid composite phase change material (HcPCM) filled finned heat sink for cooling p...

Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results

Conference Proceeding

Costa Pereira, C. (2022)

Characterization of Enhanced Biobased Phase Change Material with Graphene Nanoplatelets – Early Results. In Proceedings of EuroSun 2022 - ISES and IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry. https://doi.org/10.18086/eurosun.2022.13.13

Energy consumption is expected to continue rising, and in conjunction with greater environmental concern, it has boosted the development of renewable and sustainable energy so...

Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications

Journal Article

D'Oliveira, E. J., Pereira, S. C. C., Groulx, D., & Azimov, U. (2022)

Thermophysical properties of Nano-enhanced phase change materials for domestic heating applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 46, Article 103794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.103794

A major problem worldwide is the increase in global energy consumption due to the drastic growth in population and requirements to meet human thermal comfort. The residential ...

A review of metallic materials for latent heat thermal energy storage: Thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges

Journal Article

Costa, S. C., & Kenisarin, M. (2022)

A review of metallic materials for latent heat thermal energy storage: Thermophysical properties, applications, and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 154, Article 111812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111812

Phase change materials provide desirable characteristics for latent heat thermal energy storage by keeping the high energy density and quasi isothermal working temperature. Al...

Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials

Conference Proceeding

D'Oliveira, E. J., Costa Pereira, C., & Azimov, U. (2021)

Numerical Analysis on hot water storage tank integrated with phase change materials. In Energy and Sustainability IX

The combination of solar collectors with latent heat thermal energy storage system (LHTESS) has been employed to utilise solar energy more effectively, as this technology can ...

Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes

Journal Article

Arteconi, A., Ferracuti, F., Tascioni, R., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Costa, C., …Cioccolanti, L. (2021)

Black box modelling of a latent heat thermal energy storage system coupled with heat pipes. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1139, Article 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1139/1/012010

This paper presents black box models to represent a LHTESS (Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System) coupled with heat pipes, aimed at increasing the storage performance and...

Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review

Journal Article

Kenisarin, M. M., Mahkamov, K., Costa, S. C., & Makhkamova, I. (2020)

Melting and solidification of PCMs inside a spherical capsule: A critical review. Journal of Energy Storage, 27, Article 101082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.101082

To date, numerous phase change materials (PCM) have been developed for application in latent heat storage systems. There are many issues in the process from the development of...

Solar Salt Latent Heat Thermal Storage for a Small Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Plant

Journal Article

Costa, S., Mahkamov, K., Kenisarin, M., Ismail, M., Lynn, K., Halimic, E., & Mullen, D. (2020)

Solar Salt Latent Heat Thermal Storage for a Small Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Plant. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 142(3), Article 031203. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044557

The design of the latent heat thermal storage system (LHTESS) was developed with a thermal capacity of about 100 kW h as a part of small solar plant based on the organic Ranki...