Melting of NEPCM within a Cylindrical Tube: Numerical Study Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 929-948

  Jourabian, Mahmoud ^a   Farhadi, Mousa ^a   Sedighi, Korush ^a   Darzi, Ahmad Ali Rabienataj ^a   Vazifeshenas, Yousef ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION MODE; COPPER PARTICLES; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; HOT WALL; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MELTING RATES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; UNSTABLE FLOWS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); METAL MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MELTING;

EID: 84864075090     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2012.677375     Document Type: Article

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