Heat tansfer characteristics of liquid flow with micro-encapsulated phase change material: Numerical study

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sabbah, R ^a   Seyed Yagoobi, J ^a   Al Hallaj, S ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

enhancement of heat transfer; micro encapsulated phase change material; thermal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; ENTRY LENGTH; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID FLOW; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MELTING ZONES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHASE CHANGE; PURE LIQUIDS; SLURRY FLOW; TANSFER; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TUBE LENGTH; WORKING FLUID;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PIPE FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80054029395     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004450     Document Type: Article

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