Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Sensible Heat Storage: Overview -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. General principles -- 1.3. Storage configurations -- 1.4. Modeling of thermocline storage -- 1.5. References -- Chapter 2. Low-Temperature Sensible Heat Storage -- 2.1. Sensible heat storage associated with buildings -- 2.1.1. Short duration storage -- 2.1.2. Long duration (seasonal) solar heat storage -- 2.1.3. The stratification problem -- 2.2. Underground thermal energy storage -- 2.2.1. Principle of the aquifer thermal energy storage

2.2.2. Borehole thermal energy storage -- 2.2.3. Other types of underground storage -- 2.3. References -- Chapter 3. High-Temperature Heat Storage for Electricity -- 3.1. Heat storage associated with compressed air electricity storage -- 3.1.1. Adiabatic CAES -- 3.1.2. Thermal energy storage -- 3.1.3. Search project -- 3.1.4. SACRE project -- 3.2. Electricity storage by Carnot batteries -- 3.2.1. Modified Brayton cycle: operating principle -- 3.2.2. Modified Brayton cycle: energy balance -- 3.2.3. Feasibility -- 3.2.4. Potential characteristics of a thermal pumping system

3.2.5. Brayton cycle variant -- 3.2.6. Phase change cycle -- 3.3. References -- Chapter 4. Latent Heat Storage: Fundamentals and Most Widely Used Phase Change Materials -- 4.1. Fundamentals of latent heat storage -- 4.2. Phase change materials classification and criteria for selection -- 4.3. Commonly used PCMs -- 4.4. Tecno-economic evaluation -- 4.5. Emerging alternative materials -- 4.6. References -- Chapter 5. Engineering Phase Change Materials to Improve Their Properties and Broaden Applications -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Micro-/nanoencapsulated PCMs

5.2.1. Shell materials and encapsulation methods -- 5.2.2. Micro-/nanoencapsulated PCMs -- 5.2.3. Innovative designs for versatile applications -- 5.3. Shape-stabilized PCMs -- 5.3.1. Overview of porous supports and preparation methods -- 5.3.2. Porous carbon-based SS-PCMs -- 5.3.3. Porous oxide-based SS-PCMs -- 5.3.4. Summary of porous supports and perspectives -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 5.5. References -- Chapter 6. Latent Heat Storage Systems: Concepts and Applications -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Types of systems and main components -- 6.2.1. LH-TESS classification -- 6.2.2. Materials

6.3. Cold storage -- 6.3.1. "Ice-on-tube" cold storage systems -- 6.3.2. Cold storage systems with encapsulated PCM -- 6.3.3. Cold storage systems with ice slurry -- 6.3.4. Cold storage systems with ice recovery -- 6.4. Applications in the building sector -- 6.4.1. Passive systems -- 6.4.2. Active use of PCM in buildings -- 6.5. Applications in industry -- 6.6. Concentrated solar power plants -- 6.7. Other domains -- 6.8. Conclusion -- 6.9. References -- Chapter 7. Use of Hydrates for Cold Storage and Distribution in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Applications -- 7.1. Introduction