Performance characteristics of microencapsulated phase change material slurry in a helically coiled tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 901-914

  Kong, Minsuk ^a   Alvarado, Jorge L ^b   Terrell, Wilson ^c   Thies, Curt ^d  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Thies Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Figure of merit (FOM) for heat capacity; Helically coiled tube; Microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM); Performance efficiency coefficient (PEC); Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MICROENCAPSULATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; SLURRIES; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); HELICALLY COILED TUBES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84973522303     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.05.047     Document Type: Article

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