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Phase Change Slurries for Cooling and Storage: An Overview of Research Trends and Gaps
February 27, 2023
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Phase change slurries (PCSs) have great potential as both a heat transfer fluid and an energy storage medium for cooling processes, cold energy storage, and cold energy transportation due to desirable thermophysical properties. One of the major benefits of PCSs compared to pure phase change materials is their fluidity, thus making them cooled or heated by a heat exchanger, pumped through pipes, discharged, and stored directly in a thermal energy storage tank. The use of encapsulated phase change slurries and gas hydrate slurry has thus attracted considerable interest as reflected in the literature with a rising number of publications and institutions involved in the area. The use of bibliometric techniques has found a recent interest in the literature to define the progress of different scientific topics and inspire researchers to identify novelties. In this paper, bibliometric analysis and a detailed systematic review are carried out to show the state-of-the-art development of PCSs for cooling applications. Research gaps and hotspots are identified to help define future perspectives on this topic.
Phase change slurries (PCSs) have great potential as both a heat transfer fluid and an energy storage medium for cooling processes, cold energy storage, and cold energy transportation due to desirable thermophysical properties. One of the major benefits of PCSs compared to pure phase change materials is their fluidity, thus making them cooled or heated by a heat exchanger, pumped through pipes, discharged, and stored directly in a thermal energy storage tank. The use of encapsulated phase change slurries and gas hydrate slurry has thus attracted considerable interest as reflected in the literature with a rising number of publications and institutions involved in the area. The use of bibliometric techniques has found a recent interest in the literature to define the progress of different scientific topics and inspire researchers to identify novelties. In this paper, bibliometric analysis and a detailed systematic review are carried out to show the state-of-the-art development of PCSs for cooling applications. Research gaps and hotspots are identified to help define future perspectives on this topic.
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bibliometric analysis, cooling, gas hydrate slurry, phase change slurry, thermal energy storage, transport
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Borri E, Hua N, Sciacovelli A, Wu D, Ding Y, Li Y, Brancato V, Zhang Y, Frazzica A, Li W, Yu Z, Milian YE, Ushak S, Grageda M, Cabeza LF. Phase Change Slurries for Cooling and Storage: An Overview of Research Trends and Gaps. (2023). LAPSE:2023.8982v1
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Borri E: GREiA Research Group, Universitat de Lleida, Pere de Cabrera s/n, 25001 Lleida, Spain [ORCID]
Hua N: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Sciacovelli A: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK [ORCID]
Wu D: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK [ORCID]
Ding Y: Kelvin Thermotech Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B72 1BF, UK
Li Y: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Brancato V: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Zhang Y: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Frazzica A: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Li W: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Yu Z: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK [ORCID]
Milian YE: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile [ORCID]
Ushak S: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile
Grageda M: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile [ORCID]
Cabeza LF: GREiA Research Group, Universitat de Lleida, Pere de Cabrera s/n, 25001 Lleida, Spain [ORCID]
Hua N: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Sciacovelli A: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK [ORCID]
Wu D: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK [ORCID]
Ding Y: Kelvin Thermotech Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B72 1BF, UK
Li Y: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Brancato V: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Zhang Y: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Frazzica A: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate Per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”—Via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5-98126 Messina, Italy [ORCID]
Li W: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Yu Z: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK [ORCID]
Milian YE: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile [ORCID]
Ushak S: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile
Grageda M: Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing and Center for Advanced Study of Lithium and Industrial Minerals (CELiMIN), Universidad de Antofagasta, Campus Coloso, Av. Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 02800, Chile [ORCID]
Cabeza LF: GREiA Research Group, Universitat de Lleida, Pere de Cabrera s/n, 25001 Lleida, Spain [ORCID]
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Energies
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15
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19
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6873
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2022
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2022-09-20
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1996-1073
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