Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 380-389

  Lenert, Andrej ^a   Nam, Youngsuk ^a,b   Yilbas, Bekir S ^c   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Focusing; Local heat transfer; Melting; Mini microchannels; Particle distribution; Phase change material (PCM)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HEIGHT; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; ENHANCING HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID PROPERTY; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEATED WALL; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MICRO-PARTICLES; MINI/MICROCHANNELS; PARALLEL-PLATE CHANNELS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGES; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL SYSTEMS; WIDE SPREADS;

FOCUSING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MELTING; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84867834567     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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