Experimental evaluation on natural convection heat transfer of microencapsulated phase change materials slurry in a rectangular heat storage tank

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-39

  Zhang, Yanlai ^a,b   Rao, Zhonghao ^b   Wang, Shuangfeng ^b   Zhang, Zhao ^c   Li, Xiuping ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer coefficient; Microencapsulated PCM slurry (MPCMS); Natural convection heat transfer; Phase change material (PCM)

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PLATE; CORE MATERIAL; DURING PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HEAT STORAGE TANKS; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MASS CONCENTRATION; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MELAMINE RESIN; MICROENCAPSULATED PCM SLURRY (MPCMS); MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PCM (PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL); PEAK VALUES; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGE PROCESS; PLATE TEMPERATURE;

COREMAKING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SLURRIES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84862800013     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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