Modeling phase change material in micro-foam under constant temperature condition

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 677-682

  Hu, Xin ^a,b   Patnaik, Soumya S ^b  

^a UES INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Micro foam structure; Phase change material; Volume averaged simulation

Indexed keywords

BODY CENTERED CUBIC LATTICES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE CHANGE PROCESS; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY; THERMO-PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL; VOLUME-AVERAGED SIMULATION; FOAM STRUCTURE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84887061188     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.09.054     Document Type: Article

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