Approximate analytical model for PCM solidification in a rectangular finned container with convective cooling boundaries

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 318-324

  Mosaffa, A H ^a   Talati, F ^a   Rosen, M A ^b   Tabrizi, H Basirat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Enthalpy method; Finned storage; PCM; Thermal energy storage; Thermal fluid

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONVECTIVE COOLING; DISTRIBUTION TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EQUATION; ENTHALPY METHOD; HEAT STORAGE CAPACITY; PLATE FINS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION TIME; THERMAL FLUIDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ENTHALPY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); LATENT HEAT; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLIDIFICATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 84856799696     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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