N. Mughees

Thermal energy storage systems are crucial for decarbonizing heating and cooling in industries by capturing surplus renewable energy (wind/solar) to balance supply and demand fluctuations. Fluids in such storage systems provide flexibility and benefits for regulating intermittency in industrial processes. When these materials are in the liquid state, they can act as a heat transfer fluid and a thermal energy storage material at the same time, highlighting their versatility.

Due to the ever-increasing demand for miniaturization and the remarkable advancements in electronic equipment, overheating, decreased performance, efficiency and lifetime have become major issues. Thermal management is crucial in systems because high operating temperatures are the leading cause of electronic component failures. A growing number of electronic boards are being cooled using phase change materials (PCMs) due to their capacity for latent thermal energy storage.

It is impossible to transport data, phone calls and internet traffic across countries in a timely manner if there are no undersea cables. It is only due to submarine cables that a modern internet is accessible. They transport internet traffic, which includes anything from emails to films on YouTube. Data that was transmitted across a cable that is buried beneath the water is the source of these lines being read.