Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and Storage: Fundamentals and Applications

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Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and Storage

Fundamentals and Applications

Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

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CRC Press
23 July 2024

Mechanical engineering; Electrical engineering; Building construction & materials; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Emerging Materials and Technologies

Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and Storage: Fundamentals and Applications provides the latest advances in thermal energy applications of phase change materials (PCMs). It introduces definitions and offers a brief history, and then delves into preparation techniques, thermophysical properties and heat transfer characteristics with mathematical models, performance-affecting factors, and applications and challenges of PCMs.

Features

Provides key heat transfer enhancement and thermophysical properties features for a wide range of PCMs. Presents detailed parameter selection procedures impacting heat transfer. Reviews available prediction methods for heat transfer and thermophysical properties of PCMs. Discusses practical applications for enhanced thermal control. Explores challenges and potential opportunities for heat transfer enhancement.

This reference offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, technologies, and current and near-future applications of PCMs for thermal energy management and storage for researchers and advanced students in materials, mechanical, and related fields of engineering.

Edited by: Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032359939
ISBN 10: 1032359935
Series: Emerging Materials and Technologies
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 23 July 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Hafiz Muhammad Ali is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, in 2011. He was a postdoc at the Water and Energy Laboratory of the University of California at Merced, United States, in 2016.