EFFICIENT COMPACT MODULAR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

Project Information

ECHO

Grant agreement ID: 101096368

DOI

10.3030/101096368

EC signature date 5 December 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 7 066 920,00

EU contribution

€ 6 169 498,00

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Comparative performance analysis of microchannel flat tube heat exchangers in thermochemical energy storage systems for water heating

Author(s): Yong Zhang, Ziwei Chen, Jianbin Chen, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat
Published in: Energy, Issue 313, 2025, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENERGY.2024.134102

Evaluating the behaviour of a composite of CaCl2 and vermiculite for thermochemical adsorption energy storage: Experimental tests during the charging and discharging phases

Author(s): Laura Vallese, Giulia Lombardo, Davide Menegazzo, Sara Bordignon, Michele De Carli, Simona Barison, Filippo Agresti, Eleonora Baccega, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele, Michele Bottarelli
Published in: Applied Thermal Engineering, Issue 263, 2025, ISSN 1359-4311
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2024.125311

A comprehensive review of thermal energy storage technologies and their applications: Creation of a database

Author(s): Laura Vallese, Hossein Javadi, Borja Badenes, Javier F. Urchueguia, Giulia Lombardo, Davide Menegazzo, Zafer Ure, Silvia Cesari, Michele Bottarelli, Eleonora Baccega, Michele De Carli, Arantza Lopez, Beatriz Sánchez, Lara Mabe, Ahmet Alper Aydın, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 225, 2025, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSER.2025.116133

Comparative Performance Analysis of Eutectic Salt-Water Solutions in Latent Thermal Energy Storage for Residential Applications: Insights from the ECHO Project

Author(s): G. Lombardo, G. Zanetti, D. Menegazzo, L. Vallese, S. Bordignon, M. De Carli, M. Bottarelli, A. A. Aydın, F. Agresti, S. Bobbo, L. Fedele
Published in: Energy, Issue Volume 268, 1 June 2025, 125917, 2025, ISSN 0922-3444
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2025.125917

Development of polyurethane rigid foam – phase change material composites with latent heat storage capacity for thermal insulation: Insights from the ECHO project

Author(s): Reva Bayraktar, Abdullah Aydogan, Ahmet Alper Aydın
Published in: Energy, Issue 344, 2026, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENERGY.2025.139857

Parameter control in synthesis of Vermiculite-CaCl2 composite materials for thermochemical adsorption heat storage

Author(s): Yong Zhang, Ziwei Chen, Yanan Zhang, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat
Published in: Energy, 2024, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.130478

A Novel TES System to Support the Energy Grid Flexibility: Experimental Test of a TCM Reactor

Author(s): Tommaso Paolo Emiliano Randazzo, Zhuo Chang, Eleonora Baccega, Silvia Cesari, Michele Bottarelli
Published in: International Journal of Heat and Technology, Issue 43, 2025, ISSN 0392-8764
Publisher: International Information and Engineering Technology Association
DOI: 10.18280/IJHT.430533

International Journal of Thermophysics

Author(s): Baccega, Eleonora; Vallese, Laura; Bottarelli, Michele
Published in: Enhancement of Thermal Conductivity of Paraffin PCM with Metal Foams, 2025, ISSN 0195-928X
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/S10765-024-03500-6

Evaluation of Technical Constraints Management in a Microgrid Based on Thermal Storage Applications by Modeling with OpenDSS

Author(s): Andrés Ondó Oná-Ayécaba, Manuel Alcázar-Ortega, Javier F. Urchueguia, Borja Badenes-Badenes, Efrén Guilló-Sansano, Álvaro Martínez-Ponce
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/APP152413088

Experimental study on a thermochemical energy storage system for water heating with microchannel flat tube heat exchangers

Author(s): Yong Zhang, Ziwei Chen, Jianbin Chen, Michele Bottarelli, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat
Published in: Energy, Issue 328, 2025, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENERGY.2025.136539

Impact of porous host materials on the compromise of thermochemical energy storage performance

Author(s): Jianbin Chen, Yong Zhang, Ziwei Chen, Guohui Gan, Yuehong Su
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 245, 2025, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2025.122784

The impact of TCMs in TES systems with PCMs: Modelling and dynamic simulation of a novel prototype

Author(s): Silvia Cesari, Giuseppe Emmi, Michele Bottarelli
Published in: Applied Thermal Engineering, Issue 267, 2025, ISSN 1359-4311
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPLTHERMALENG.2025.125697

Conference proceedings (7)

Combining thermochemical and phase change materials for thermal energy storage: the ECHO project

Author(s): Laura Vallese, Giulia Lombardo, Davide Menegazzo, Giovanni Ferrarini, Mauro Scattolini, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele
Published in: XXVII Convegno AIPT, 2024, ISBN 9788880806455
Publisher: Cnr Edizioni
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18301086

Development of a numerical model of CaCl₂ hydration and dehydration reaction for thermochemical energy storage

Author(s): E Baccega, Y Zhang, Y Su, M Bottarelli
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 2940, 2025, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2940/1/012027

"""Thermal Performance of a Latent Heat Storage (LHS) Prototype for the ECHO Project"""

Author(s): L. Vallese, G. Lombardo, D. Menegazzo, S. Barison, F. Agresti, M. De Carli, M. Scattolini, G. Ferrarini, L. Fedele.
Published in: XXVIII Convegno AIPT, 2025, ISBN 9788880807148
Publisher: Cnr Edizioni
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18301202

Lab-Scale Development of Polyurethane Rigid Foam Composites with Latent Heat Storage Capacity for Thermal Insulation: Insights from the ECHO Project

Author(s): R. Bayraktar, A. Aydogan, A.A. Aydın
Published in: "8th International Scientific Conference ""Alternative Energy Sources, Materials and Technologies"" (AESMT'25)", 2025
Publisher: Imeon
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18336533

Charging and discharging tests of a composite of CaCl2 and vermiculite for thermochemical adsorption energy storage

Author(s): Vallese, Laura; Lombardo, Giulia; Menegazzo, Davide; Bordignon, Sara; DE CARLI, Michele; Barison, Simona; Agresti, Filippo; Baccega, Eleonora; Bobbo, Sergio; Fedele, Laura; Bottarelli, Michele
Published in: 2024
Publisher: """Imeon"" Sole-owner"

Emprical Insights into Enhanced PCM Cold Storage: Experimental Results from the ECHO Project for Sustainable Cooling

Author(s): Giulia Lombardo, Davide Menegazzo, Laura Vallese, Mauro Scattolini, Ahmet Alper Aydın, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Imeon
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18300944

Cold Storage Solutions for sustainable cooling: a CFD approach to PCM-enhanced TES within the ECHO project framework

Author(s): G. Lombardo, G. Zanetti, D. Menegazzo, L. Vallese, S. Bordignon, M. De Carli, M. Bottarelli, S. Bobbo, L. Fedele
Published in: "Seventh International Scientific Conference ""Alternative Energy Sources, Materials and Technologies"" (AESMT'24)", 2024, ISSN 2603-364X
Publisher: """Imeon"" Sole-owner"
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18478970