Numerical simulation on thermal energy storage behavior of Cu/paraffin nanofluids PCMs

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue , 2012, Pages 240-244

  Wu, Shuying ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Xiao, Song ^a   Zhu, Dongsheng ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu nanoparticles; Melting; Paraffin; Phase change materials(PCMs)

Indexed keywords

CU NANOPARTICLES; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MELTING PROCESS; MELTING TIME; NANOFLUIDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84863248398     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.1018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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