Fluid flow and heat transfer in a latent thermal energy unit with different phase change material (PCM) cavity volume fractions

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-57

  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

CFD analysis; Conjugate heat transfer; Latent thermal energy unit; PCM cavity volume fractions

Indexed keywords

CAVITY VOLUME; CFD ANALYSIS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATING PLATES; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY UNIT; LIQUID FRACTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL UNITS; VOLUME EXPANSION RATIO;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPANSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84861093716     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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