Numerical simulation on phase-change thermal storage/release in a plate-fin unit

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 3871-3884

  Ye, Wei Biao ^a   Zhu, Dong Sheng ^a,b   Wang, Nan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlations; Latent thermal storage release; Numerical prediction; Plate fin unit; Temperature differences

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PLATE FINS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL STORAGE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 80052958788     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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