OPEN ACCESS
Phase-change material with high thermal capacity savings density is of great importance in building energy conservation, waste heat recovery, peak load shifting and other fields. We aim to guide the researchers of these problems and provide an underlying basis for the development of this new energy-saving material. We extensively reviewed the development history, classification, research methods and existing problems of the phase change materials system and discussed some potential research topics for the future. This study can promote the related research of the Phase-change materials.
Energy storage, Phase-change material, Building energy conservation, costs of average thermal energy storage
The work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China. (No. E2012402030) and the Program of Selection and Cultivating of Disciplinary Talents of Colleges and Universities in Hebei Province（BR2-206）and the Foundation of Hebei Housing and Urban Rural Construction Committee (2009-128).
[1] L.F. Cabeza, C. Castellón, M. Nogués, M. Medrano, R. Leppers, O. Zubillaga, Energy and Buildings, 39, 113 (2007).
[2] F. Kuznik, D. David, K. Johanne, J. Rou, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15, 379 (2011).
[3] S. Scalat, D. Banu, D. Hawes, J. Parish, F. Haghighata, D. Feldman, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 44, 49 (1996).
[4] A. Pasupathy, R. Velraj, R.V. Seeniraj, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 12, 39 (2008).
[5] A. San, A. Karaipekli, Applied Thermal Engineering, 27, 1271 (2007).
[6] T. O Anil, K. Sircar, Development of phase change technology for heating and cooling of residential buildings and other applications. Proceeding of the 21th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Atlanta, 1993.
[7] A. Sharm, V.V. Tyag, C.R. Che, D. Buddh, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 13, 318 (2009).
[8] V. Kumaresan, R. Velraj, S.K. Das, Heat and Mass Transfer, 48, 1345 (2012).
[9] A.M. Khudhair, M.M. Farid, Energy Conversion and Management, 45, 263 (2004).
[10] K.A.R. Ismail, J,R. Henriquez, Applied Thermal Engineering, 21, 1909 (2001).
[11] W. Paul, B. Barbara, Energy Efficiency, 4, 297 (2008).
[12] U. Stritih, Energy and buildings, 35, 1097 (2003).
[13] N. Artmann, R.L. Jensen, H. Manz, P. Heiselberg, Energy and buildings, 42, 366 (2010).
[14] D. Zhang, J.M. Zhou, K. Wu, Z.J. Li, Journal of Building Materials, 6, 374 (2003).
[15] A. Castell, I. Matorell, M. Medrano, G. Pére, L.F. Cabeza, Energy and Building, 42, 534 (2010).
[16] S.G. Rabikumar, T.S. Ravikumar, V. Raj, A. Aroul, R. Velraj, Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2, 91 (2013).
[17] S. Kalaiselvam, R. Parameshwaran, S. Harikrishnan, Renewable Energy, 39, 375 (2012).