Design and assessments on graded metal foam in heat storage tank : An experimental and numerical study
The effectiveness of solidification in latent heat storage (LHS) systems has been restricted by the low thermal conductivity of pure phase change materials (PCMs). To address this challenge, an innovative composite PCM impregnated with metal foam has been introduced. This study investigates a vertical thermal energy storage (TES unit) filling with foamed copper with radial gradient pore density, w