Finite-element analysis of cyclic heat transfer in a shell-and-tube latent heat energy storage exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 583-591

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREEZING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MELTING; PRANDTL NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

CYCLIC HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; THERMAL STORAGE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031153098     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(96)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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