Thermal Energy Storage in Porous Media

Dr. Prof. Xiaohu Yang is a professor at the School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is the Subject Editor of Elsevier’s Advances in Applied Energy and Guest Editors of Applied Energy and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Prof. Yang has published more than 100 journal papers in the field of thermal energy storage and thermal transport in porous media. Dr. Prof. Ming-Jia Li, Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China. She is the associate editor for Applied Thermal Engineering and editorial board members of many prestigious journals in energy field. Prof. Li has published more than 100 journal papers in the field of solar thermal energy utilization, thermodynamics and economic analysis on large-scale energy systems.Dr. Prof. Jinyue Yan, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology and Mälardalen University, Sweden and now Chair Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Yan is the EiC of Elsevier’s journal Advances in Applied Energy and CellPress's journal Nexus. He has served as the editorial board members for many prestigious journals such as Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Journal of Energy Storage and etc. Prof. Yan has published more than 400 journal in the field of thermal energy utilization, renewable energy systems and CO2 mitigation.

• 1. An introduction to latent heat thermal storage2. Porous media enhanced thermal storage3. Energy charging/discharging system design and experimental results on a composite4. Numerical simulation model and verification5. Melting/solidification law of axial-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank6. Melting/solidification law of radial-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank7. Melting/solidification law of cross-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank8. Melting/solidification law of radial-gradient structure in a horizontal thermal storage tank9. Applications of metal foam enhanced thermal energy storage for district heating