Effective thermal conductivity for melting in PCM encapsulated in a sphere

Applied Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-287

  Amin, N A M ^a,b   Bruno, F ^b   Belusko, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Effective thermal conductivity; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL ENERGY;

BUOYANCY FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; VARYING TEMPERATURE;

SPHERES;

BUOYANCY FORCING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENCAPSULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STORAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84895747540     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.073     Document Type: Article

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