Applications of Thermal Analysis to the Study of Phase-Change Materials

Abstract

To standardize the phase-change materials (PCMs) with regard to their thermophysical and thermal energy storage (TES) properties for achieving better heat storage performance in real-time applications, the greater emphasis being shown on the methods of thermal analysis are increasingly attractive, in recent years. This has paved way for gleaning of the technical revelations from a variety of research studies and is highlighted throughout this chapter. The nucleus of this chapter is focused on exploring the potential PCMs available for the real-time applications as well as on reporting the research studies performed on thermal analysis methods for the PCMs, in recent times. Emphasis is also been laid on the thermal analysis methods on the nanomaterials-based PCMs for the suitable TES applications.