**Meet the editor**

Dr. Mohsen Mhadhbi received his PhD degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax (Tunisia). Since 2011, he has been an Assistant Professor and a member of a research team at the Laboratory of Useful Materials, National Institute of Research and Physical-Chemical Analysis, University of Carthage (Tunisia), focusing on the synthesis and characteriza-

tion of nanomaterials for industrial responders (hydrogen storage, cutting tools, and biomedical applications). He served as a teacher in Inorganic Chemistry at different institutes in Tunisia and supervised several researchers in Materials Science. He has published works in national and international impacted journals and books. Dr. Mhadhbi is a member of different associations. He is also a reviewer and an editorial board member of different scientific journals and congresses.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Mohsen Mhadhbi

**Material 7**

**Materials 9**

Manish K. Rathod

Cheng Wang and Ye Zhu

**Section 1 An Introduction to Phase Change Material 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Phase Change Material 3**

**Section 2 Experimental and Numerical Study of Phase Change**

Chapter 2 **Experimental and Numerical Studies on Phase Change**

**Section 3 Thermal Stability of Phase Change Material 35**

Chapter 3 **Phase Change Materials and Their Applications 37**

**Section 4 Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System 59**

Chapter 4 **Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System 61**

Chapter 5 **Thermodynamic Properties of the Polyols as Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage 83**

**Section 5 Applications of Phase Change Material 81**

Zhicheng Tan, Quan Shi and Xin Liu

Ponnuraj Stella Jesumathy
