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Mike Augspurger
Researcher at University of Iowa
Publications - 4
Citations - 85
Mike Augspurger is an academic researcher from University of Iowa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermal energy storage & Phase-change material. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 76 citations.
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Optimizing fin design for a PCM-based thermal storage device using dynamic Kriging
TL;DR: A strategy to make simulation-based optimization process affordable and accurate and aid in the design of optimal thermal storage devices that rely on a mixture of PCM and metal fins is developed.
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A Cartesian grid solver for simulation of a phase-change material (PCM) solar thermal storage device
Mike Augspurger,H. S. Udaykumar +1 more
TL;DR: A Cartesian grid solver is developed that is capable of simulating the convection-dominated melting processes in a latent-heat thermal storage device (TSD) and allows for efficient prototyping of different complex geometric designs.
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Transient multi-day simulations of thermal storage and heat extraction for a finned solar thermal storage device
Mike Augspurger,H. S. Udaykumar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of combining metal fins (Al) for heat spreading and recovery with phase change material (a mixture of NaNO 3 and KNO 3 ) on the performance of a thermal storage device is investigated.
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Three-dimensional numerical and experimental investigation of the behavior of solar salts within thermal storage devices during phase change
TL;DR: In this paper, a heating element is placed under a closed aluminum container filled with solar salts, both with and without aluminum fins, and three-dimensional computational simulations of melting and solidifying solar salts in an aluminum container are performed in order to obtain a fuller picture of the thermal and flow behavior of this commonly used phase change material.