Heat transfer processes during an unfixed solid phase change material melting outside a horizontal tube

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 550-563

  Zhu, Yingxin ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Yang, Fengjun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Melting; Modeling; Phase change material; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012777068     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(01)01243-1     Document Type: Article

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