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Experimental and numerical investigation of melting of NePCM inside an annular container under a constant heat flux including the effect of eccentricity
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In this article, the effect of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM) inside an annular cavity formed between two circular cylinders is investigated experimentally and numerically, where the inner cylindrical tube is subjected to a constant heat flux, while the outer shell is thermally insulated.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 159 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat flux & Thermal conduction.read more
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Effect of graphene nanoparticles on charging and discharging processes of latent thermal energy storage using horizontal cylinders
Mebrouk Benbrika,Mohamed Teggar,Müslüm Arıcı,Kamal A.R. Ismail,Said Bouabdallah,El-Hacène Mezaache +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, thermal charging and discharging processes of a phase change material (PCM) dispersed with graphene nanoplatelets (GN) are investigated in a horizontal cylinder for thermal energy storage.
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Effects of Mechanical Vibration on The Heat Transfer Performance of Shell-and-tube Latent Heat Thermal Storage Units During Charging Process
TL;DR: In this paper , the effect of vibration on the heat transfer performance of a horizontal tubular heat exchanger was investigated through numerical simulation methods, by applying mechanical vibrations of different vibration frequencies and vibration amplitudes, which can significantly promote the mixing of melted phase change material and melting heat transfer rate during charging processes.
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Effects of wavy wall and Y-shaped fins on solidification of PCM with dispersion of Al 2 O 3 nanoparticle
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impacts of using nanoparticles, fin, and the combination of both of them on thermal characteristics during solidification in an energy storage unit, and showed that using a combination of these two heat transfer enhancement methods presents a better enhancement compared to when either of them is employed alone.
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Emergence of rectangular shell shape in thermal energy storage applications: Fitting melted phase changing material in a fixed space
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of heat transfer fluid (HTF) tube position and shell shape on the melting time and sensible energy requirement for melting a phase change material (PCM) in a multitube latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) application was investigated.
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Performance enhancement of high heat generating IC chips using paraffin wax based mini-channels - A combined experimental and numerical approach
TL;DR: In this paper, two mini-channels (left and right) are fabricated at the periphery of the substrate board and filled with the Paraffin wax, and the IC chips are placed adjacent to these channels and supplied with non-uniform heat inputs leading to the constant volumetric heat generation.
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A review on phase change energy storage: materials and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the phase change materials (PCM) and their application in energy storage is presented, where the main advantages of encapsulation are providing large heat transfer area, reduction of the PCMs reactivity towards the outside environment and controlling the changes in volume of the storage materials as phase change occurs.
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Thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials for thermal energy storage: A review ☆
Li-Wu Fan,Jay M. Khodadadi +1 more
TL;DR: A review of experimental/computational studies to enhance the thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCM) that were conducted over many decades is presented in this paper, where the authors focus on studies that concern with positioning of fixed, stationary high conductivity inserts/structures.