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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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Impact of fin type and orientation on performance of phase change material-based double pipe thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this paper , a numerical analysis using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is performed on a proposed horizontal concentric (DPHX) filled with N-eicosane phase change material (PCM), investigating the impact of fin type and orientation, on charging (melting PCM) and discharging (solidification PCM).
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A Novel Indirect Visualization Method for Studying the Melting Heat Transfer of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Thermography
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel indirect method for tracking the phase interface by thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) thermography is proposed to give more sights into the melting and solidification heat transfer processes of nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) with invisible phase interfaces.
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Thermocapillary-enhanced Melting of Different Phase-change Materials in Microgravity
TL;DR: In this article , a numerical analysis of the thermocapillary-driven melting of phase change materials (PCMs) in weightlessness is presented in terms of the dimensionless Stefan (Ste) and Marangoni (Ma) numbers.
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Smart macroencapsulated resin/wax composite for energy conservation in the built environment: Thermophysical and numerical investigations
TL;DR: In this article, a phase-change composite material based on epoxy resin with spherical shape paraffin wax (RT27) was used as a new thermal storage system, which revealed the importance of thermal storage by latent heat.
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Optimization of melting performance of a heat storage tank under rotation conditions: Based on taguchi design and response surface method
TL;DR: In this article , the melting performance of a rotating triplex-tube latent heat thermal energy storage unit is studied by numerical simulation method, and the Taguchi design and response surface method are applied to its optimized design.
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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.