Design 

Objective: Enhance the thermal performance of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems limited by the low conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs).
Approach: Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to optimise a vertical double-tube LHTES with multi-channel sinusoidal wavy geometries.
Key Parameters: Investigated the effects of channel height (H), pitch (P), and number of channels (N) on melting rate and heat transfer.
Findings: Increasing wavy channel height and number significantly improved heat storage and melting rate—achieving up to 80% higher storage rate and 42% faster charging than a straight-channel design.
Impact: Demonstrated the value of CFD-driven design optimisation for developing compact, efficient, and responsive thermal energy storage systems.

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