Cyclic heat transfer in a novel storage unit of multiple phase change materials

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 807-815

  Gong, Zhen Xiang ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Freezing; Latent heat; Melting; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREEZING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CYCLING;

CONDUCTANCE MATRIX; CYCLIC HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY CHARGED; ENTHALPY TEMPERATURE FUNCTION; HEAT CAPACITY MATRIX; HEAT LOAD; LUMPED MASS MATRIX; MULTIPLE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL STORAGE EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030269337     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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