Efficacy of using slurry of metal-coated microencapsulated PCM for cooling in a micro-channel heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-18

  Roberts, Nathan S ^a   Al Shannaq, Refat ^b   Kurdi, Jamal ^c   Al Muhtaseb, Shaheen A ^d   Farid, Mohammed M ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c University of Doha for Science and Technology   (Qatar)

^d Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Metal coated PCM microcapsules; Microchannel heat exchanger (MCHE); PCM microcapsules slurry

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ENCAPSULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MELTING; METAL COATINGS; METALS; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SLURRIES;

HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SLURRY CONCENTRATION; SLURRY FLOW RATES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 85019127896     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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