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Experimental investigation of phase change material melting in rectangular enclosures with horizontal partial fins
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In this article, phase change material (PCM) melting in a transparent rectangular enclosure with and without horizontal partial fins was performed with wall temperatures of 55, 60 and 70°C.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2014-11-01. It has received 258 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fin & Nusselt number.read more
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Melting heat transfer characteristics of a composite phase change material fabricated by paraffin and metal foam
TL;DR: In this paper, the phase change heat transfer characteristics of composite phase change material (PCM) were investigated, and the experimental results were compared with the numerical results obtained by the two-temperature energy model.
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Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems with Solid–Liquid Phase Change Materials: A Review
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Accelerated melting of PCM in energy storage systems via novel configuration of fins in the triplex-tube heat exchanger
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel fin configuration in triplex-tube storage compared to the use of nanoparticles was used to achieve better PCM melting rate in thermal energy storage with phase change materials.
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Non-uniform heat transfer suppression to enhance PCM melting by angled fins
TL;DR: In this article, a transient numerical model is developed to study the heat transfer and melting behaviors of phase change materials (PCMs) vertically heated from one side of a rectangular enclosure.
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Introducing a novel heat sink comprising PCM and air - Adapted to electronic device thermal management
TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid heat sink with PCM and air potentials was introduced to neutralize the effects of the incoming heat flux to keep low the electronic device temperature, which can compete with air-cooled heat sinks with much higher convective heat transfer coefficient.
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Heat transfer enhancement for thermal energy storage using metal foams embedded within phase change materials (PCMs)
Changying Zhao,W. Lu,Yuan Tian +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of metal foams on solid/liquid phase change heat transfer is investigated, and the results show that the use of metal foam can make the sample solidified much faster than pure PCM samples, evidenced by the solidification time being reduced by more than half.
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Heat transfer enhancement in a latent heat storage system
TL;DR: In this paper, various heat transfer enhancement methods for latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) systems are discussed and three different experiments to augment heat transfer were conducted and the findings are reported.
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Thermal Regulation of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Using Phase Change Materials
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a finite volume heat transfer model conjugated hydrodynamically to solve the Navier-Stokes and energy equations and showed that the moderation of temperature achieved can lead to significant improvements in the operational efficiency of photovoltaic facades.
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Numerical investigation of a PCM-based heat sink with internal fins
TL;DR: In this paper, the process of phase change material (PCM) melting in a heat storage unit with internal fins open to air at its top is explored numerically, and the results show how the transient phase change process, expressed in terms of the volume melt fraction of the PCM, depends on the thermal and geometrical parameters of the system, which relate to the temperature difference between the base and the mean melting temperature, and to the thickness and height of the fins.
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