Heat transfer performance analysis of a solar flat-plate collector with an integrated metal foam porous structure filled with paraffin

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1967-1973

  Chen, Zhenqian ^a   Gu, Mingwei ^a   Peng, Donghua ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum foams; Non equilibrium; Paraffin; Phase change material; Solar collector; Two temperature model

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; DARCY'S LAW; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; HEAT TRANSFER BEHAVIOR; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; LIQUID PARAFFINS; LIQUID PHASIS; LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; METAL FOAMS; MOMENTUM CONSERVATIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARAFFIN PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGES; POROUS STRUCTURES; REAL-WORLD; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; DUST COLLECTORS; FOAMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; METALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAFFINS; PLATE METAL; POROUS PLATES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

EID: 77954845150     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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