Numerical study of ice melting inside rectangular capsule under cyclic temperature of heat transfer fluid

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-130

  Elsayed, Amr O ^a  

^a Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cool thermal storage; Cyclic coolant temperature; Energy storage; Ice melting; Rectangular ice capsule

Indexed keywords

COOL THERMAL STORAGE; CYCLIC COOLANT TEMPERATURE; ICE MELTING; RECTANGULAR ICE CAPSULE;

COOLANTS; ENTHALPY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 33749657612     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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