Experimental observations on the heat transfer enhancement caused by natural convection during melting of solid-liquid phase change materials (PCMs)

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 1453-1461

  Sun, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Zhang, Quan ^c   Medina, Mario A ^b   Lee, Kyoung Ok ^b  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Melting process; Natural convection; Phase change materials (PCMs)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXCITONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIQUIDS; MELTING; METAL MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEAT-TRANSFER INTERACTIONS; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGES; MELTING PROCESS; SOLID-LIQUID PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; TRANSITION PROCESS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CALORIMETRY; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; NANOPARTICLE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84961302781     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.078     Document Type: Article

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