Experimental investigation of phase change material melting in rectangular enclosures with horizontal partial fins

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 839-851

  Kamkari, Babak ^a   Shokouhmand, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fin effectiveness; Melting enhancement; Partial fin; Phase change material

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; MELTING; METAL MELTING; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SKIN; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CORRELATION EQUATION; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIN EFFECTIVENESS; PARTIAL FIN; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES; TEMPERATURE RECORDING;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84907348210     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.056     Document Type: Article

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