Experiment study of oscillating heat pipe and phase change materials coupled for thermal energy storage and thermal management

In order to enhance the thermal performance of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system and thermal management system, a novel method that coupling oscillating heat pipe (OHP) and phase change materials (PCM) was proposed and investigated in this paper. The advantages of PCM and OHP could be combined to overcome each shortcoming. The expanded graphite (EG)/paraffin composite material and the closed loop OHP used in the experiment were...