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This book covers various aspects of thermal energy storage. It looks at storage methods for thermal energy and reviews the various materials that store thermal energy and goes on to propose advanced materials that store energy better than conventional materials. The book also presents various thermophysical properties of advanced materials and the role of thermal energy storage in different applications such as buildings, solar energy, seawater desalination and cooling devices. The advanced energy storage materials have massive impact on heat transfer as compared to conventional energy storage materials. A concise discussion regarding current status, leading groups, journals and the countries working on advanced energy storage materials has also been provided. This book is useful to researchers, professionals and policymakers alike.  

Thermal Energy Storage: Storage Techniques, Advanced Materials, Thermophysical Properties and Applications

1       Introduction.

2       Thermal energy storage system; 2.1         Sensible heat storage; 2.1.1          Liquid Storage Medium; 2.1.2          Solid Storage Medium; 2.2         Latent heat storage; 2.2.1          Organic Materials; 2.2.2          In-Organic Materials

3       Thermo-Chemical heat storage system..

4       Advance thermal energy storage materials; 4.1         Molten salts based nanofluids; 4.2         Composite PCMs; 4.2.1          Encapsulation of PCM; 4.2.2          Addition of Nanoparticles in PCM; 4.2.3          Addition of Nanostructure based NPs in PCM; 4.3         Cascade PCM

5       Thermophysical properties of advance storage materials; 5.1         Thermal conductivity; 5.2         Latent heat capacity and density; 5.3         Phase change temperature and duration

6       Applications; 6.1         Thermal energy storage in buildings applications; 6.1.1          Passive System; 6.1.2          Various Conventional Techniques; 6.1.3          Micro-Encapsulation of PCM in buildings; 6.1.4          Active System; 6.2         Applications of energy storage in solar energy; 6.3         Waste heat recovery storage from industrial applications; 6.4         Energy storage materials in seawater desalination; 6.5         Energy storage material in Cooling devices

7       The current status of advance energy storage materials.

8       Conclusion and future recommendations