Melting of phase change materials with volume change in metal foams

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Yang, Zhen ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; DARCY'S LAW; ENTHALPY METHOD; FINITE-VOLUME; FORCHHEIMER EXTENSION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; MELT CONVECTION; MELTING PROCESS; MELTING RATES; METAL FOAMS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; PHASE CHANGE; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL; TWO-TEMPERATURE; VOLUME CHANGE;

BUOYANCY; FOAMS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; METAL MELTING; METALS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SMELTING;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 77955296660     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000747     Document Type: Article

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