Numerical study on the thermal performance of a refrigerated container envelope provided by phase change materials (PCMs)

2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2015 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 378-383

  Copertaro, Benedetta ^a   Fioretti, Roberto ^a   Sangelantoni, Lorenzo ^a   Principi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

heat transfer problem; numerical model validation; phase change materials; refrigerated container

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FINITE ELEMENTS METHOD (FEM); HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84943139870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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