A comprehensive review on current advances of thermal energy storage and its applications

Abstract

Thermal energy storage (TES) is playing a vital role in various applications and this paper intends to provide an overview of different applications involved in various areas. This work mainly focuses on review of TES applications in wide area such as waste heat recovery, Heavy electronic equipment’s cooling etc. The comprehensive study shows that thermal energy stored can be used for heating and cooling applications and have a great scope for developing new technology and methods for utilizing it to maximum extent. Exploring various thermal storage materials and methods for different application opening many ways towards the sustainable development and utilization of available thermal energy.