Nanofluids: An innovative phase change material for cold storage systems?

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 550-557

  MacDevette, M M ^a   Myers, T G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact melting; Heat Balance Integral Method; Lubrication theory; Nanofluids; Phase change; Stefan problem

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COLD STORAGE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MELTING; METAL MELTING; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CONTACT MELTING; HEAT BALANCE INTEGRAL METHOD; LUBRICATION THEORY; NANOFLUIDS; PHASE CHANGE; STEFAN PROBLEM;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84941985621     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.08.060     Document Type: Article

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