Effects of the number and distribution of fins on the storage characteristics of a cylindrical latent heat energy storage system: A numerical study

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1825-1833

  Ogoh, Wilson ^a   Groulx, Dominic ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LATENT HEAT ENERGY STORAGE; LIQUID PHASIS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MELTING RATES; MOVING INTERFACE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHASE CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; STORAGE CHARACTERISTIC; TOTAL ENERGY;

ENERGY STORAGE; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE INTERFACES; SPECIFIC HEAT;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84867102457     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-012-1029-3     Document Type: Article

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