Conjugate heat transfer analysis of fluid flow in a phase-change energy storage unit

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 77-90

  Li, Hongjun ^a   Hsieh, C K ^a   Goswami, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate heat transfer; Finite difference; Phase change

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; CHANNEL FLOW; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); HEAT EXTRACTION; HEAT TRANSFER FLUID; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLOW ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; STORAGE; CHANNELS; FLUID FLOW; PHASE CHANGE;

EID: 0030135633     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000004105     Document Type: Article

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