The heating curve of water. Note the flat lines on the curve where the latent heat must be overcome to change phase. Unlike batteries or capacitors, phase change materials don’t store energy as ...

Researchers in Italy are combining PV with latent heat thermal storage (LHTM) and other renewable energy sources to maximize clean energy consumption in buildings. The 47kW PV array and LHTM ...

It usually takes more energy to boil a substance than to melt it, so the latent heat of vaporisation for a substance is usually greater than its latent heat of fusion. The table shows some typical ...