Class information for:
Level 2: PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL//THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE//SOLAR ENERGY

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
923 11140 24.5 51%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
18 4 THERMODYNAMICS//ENERGY & FUELS//ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL 531182
115 3       ENERGY & FUELS//ENERGY AND BUILDINGS//SOLAR ENERGY 70347
923 2             PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL//THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE//SOLAR ENERGY 11140
102 1                   PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL//THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE//PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS 4393
4463 1                   PARABOLIC TROUGH//PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR//HELIOSTAT 1781
5767 1                   SOLAR WATER HEATER//SOLAR ENERGY//SOLAR WATER HEATING 1578
10085 1                   SOLAR ABSORBER//SOLAR SELECTIVE ABSORBER//SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS 1093
16249 1                   SOLAR AIR HEATER//SOLAR AIR COLLECTOR//COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY 665
18095 1                   SOLAR POND//SALT GRADIENT SOLAR POND//SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR POND 567
25367 1                   THERMOCLINE//SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE//THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE 283
25426 1                   SOLAR COOKER//BOX TYPE SOLAR COOKER//SOLAR COOKING 282
27631 1                   RADIATIVE COOLING//NOCTURNAL COOLING//METALLIC NOCTURNAL RADIATOR 225
29166 1                   TRANSPARENT INSULATION MATERIALS//TRANSPARENT INSULATION//ADVANCED GLAZINGS 191
36358 1                   PARTIAL VOLUME DEFLAGRATION//ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURES//CIENCIAS SUELO NUTR PLANTA 82

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL authKW 1747796 8% 72% 890
2 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE authKW 1529061 7% 71% 788
3 SOLAR ENERGY journal 974135 14% 23% 1564
4 PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS authKW 821130 5% 59% 512
5 ENERGY & FUELS WoSSC 432891 63% 2% 6966
6 JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME journal 417250 5% 27% 561
7 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL PCM authKW 403174 2% 81% 182
8 LATENT HEAT STORAGE authKW 393503 2% 79% 181
9 PCM authKW 391111 3% 47% 301
10 PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS PCMS authKW 367594 1% 87% 155

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Energy & Fuels 432891 63% 2% 6966
2 Thermodynamics 133278 28% 2% 3149
3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 49972 9% 2% 994
4 Engineering, Mechanical 35035 19% 1% 2075
5 Mechanics 29271 18% 1% 2051
6 Construction & Building Technology 8322 5% 1% 540
7 Physics, Nuclear 4462 7% 0% 747
8 Engineering, Chemical 3582 9% 0% 980
9 Engineering, Civil 1986 4% 0% 482
10 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 1489 12% 0% 1285

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 GREA INNOVACIO CONCURRENT 175782 1% 61% 106
2 SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY PHOTOVOLTA SYST 79437 1% 42% 69
3 THERMAL ENGN ENERGY SYST GRP 49798 0% 91% 20
4 BLDG ENVIRONM MAT 35835 0% 55% 24
5 TECH THERMODYNAM 34842 1% 14% 89
6 SOLAR 32825 0% 28% 43
7 SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY 30478 0% 70% 16
8 CONCENTRATING SOLAR TECHNOL 30130 0% 100% 11
9 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE 29820 0% 78% 14
10 ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER ENERGY CONSERVAT 27258 1% 13% 79

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 SOLAR ENERGY 974135 14% 23% 1564
2 JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 417250 5% 27% 561
3 ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT 162557 7% 8% 746
4 APPLIED ENERGY 106070 5% 7% 599
5 RENEWABLE ENERGY 103883 5% 7% 555
6 SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS 97779 2% 20% 178
7 APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING 77833 5% 6% 515
8 SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS 62703 4% 5% 422
9 ENERGY AND BUILDINGS 52162 3% 5% 355
10 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH 42552 2% 7% 220

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL 1747796 8% 72% 890 Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIAL Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIAL
2 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE 1529061 7% 71% 788 Search THERMAL+ENERGY+STORAGE Search THERMAL+ENERGY+STORAGE
3 PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS 821130 5% 59% 512 Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIALS Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIALS
4 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL PCM 403174 2% 81% 182 Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIAL+PCM Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIAL+PCM
5 LATENT HEAT STORAGE 393503 2% 79% 181 Search LATENT+HEAT+STORAGE Search LATENT+HEAT+STORAGE
6 PCM 391111 3% 47% 301 Search PCM Search PCM
7 PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS PCMS 367594 1% 87% 155 Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIALS+PCMS Search PHASE+CHANGE+MATERIALS+PCMS
8 SOLAR WATER HEATER 228863 1% 72% 116 Search SOLAR+WATER+HEATER Search SOLAR+WATER+HEATER
9 THERMAL STORAGE 209787 2% 45% 170 Search THERMAL+STORAGE Search THERMAL+STORAGE
10 SOLAR COLLECTOR 206477 2% 37% 203 Search SOLAR+COLLECTOR Search SOLAR+COLLECTOR

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 PIELICHOWSKA, K , PIELICHOWSKI, K , (2014) PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE.PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE. VOL. 65. ISSUE . P. 67 -123 322 90% 126
2 GANESAN, P , TYAGI, VV , METSELAAR, HSC , SANDARAN, SC , SHARMA, RK , (2015) DEVELOPMENTS IN ORGANIC SOLID-LIQUID PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE.ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT. VOL. 95. ISSUE . P. 193 -228 270 89% 50
3 ZHANG, P , XIAO, X , MA, ZW , (2016) A REVIEW OF THE COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND APPLICATION TO PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT.APPLIED ENERGY. VOL. 165. ISSUE . P. 472 -510 147 82% 18
4 SARIER, N , ONDER, E , (2012) ORGANIC PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS AND THEIR TEXTILE APPLICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW.THERMOCHIMICA ACTA. VOL. 540. ISSUE . P. 7 -60 224 80% 107
5 KENISARIN, M , MAHKAMOV, K , (2016) PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS.RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. VOL. 55. ISSUE . P. 371 -398 119 95% 10
6 SOARES, N , COSTA, JJ , GASPAR, AR , SANTOS, P , (2013) REVIEW OF PASSIVE PCM LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS TOWARDS BUILDINGS' ENERGY EFFICIENCY.ENERGY AND BUILDINGS. VOL. 59. ISSUE . P. 82 -103 151 75% 155
7 FERNANDEZ, AI , GIRO-PALOMA, J , MARTINEZ, M , CABEZA, LF , (2016) TYPES, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS FOR MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (MPCM): A REVIEW.RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. VOL. 53. ISSUE . P. 1059 -1075 124 81% 12
8 PARAMESHWARAN, R , KALAISELVAM, S , HARIKRISHNAN, S , ELAYAPERUMAL, A , (2012) SUSTAINABLE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDINGS: A REVIEW.RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. VOL. 16. ISSUE 5. P. 2394 -2433 177 76% 76
9 KHADIRAN, T , HUSSEIN, MZ , ZAINAL, Z , RUSLI, R , (2015) ENCAPSULATION TECHNIQUES FOR ORGANIC PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS AS THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE MEDIUM: A REVIEW.SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS. VOL. 143. ISSUE . P. 78 -98 156 88% 11
10 XU, B , LI, PW , CHAN, C , (2015) APPLICATION OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IN CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS: A REVIEW TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.APPLIED ENERGY. VOL. 160. ISSUE . P. 286 -307 109 95% 35

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 3615 STEFAN PROBLEM//HEAT BALANCE INTEGRAL METHOD//ELASTIC TUBES
2 999 SOLAR ENERGY//ENERGY & FUELS//MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING MPPT
3 2363 SOLAR STILL//DESALINATION//SOLAR DESALINATION
4 2007 NANOFLUID//NANOFLUIDS//HEAT PIPE
5 2329 CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION//CHEMICAL LOOPING//OXYGEN CARRIER
6 506 ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE//EXERGY//HEAT PUMP
7 410 NATURAL CONVECTION//THERMODYNAMICS//INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
8 2215 LIQUID DESICCANT//DESICCANT WHEEL//COOLING TOWER
9 299 ENERGY AND BUILDINGS//BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT//CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
10 686 THERMODYNAMICS//HEAT EXCHANGER//HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT

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