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Experimental study of PCM melting in triplex tube thermal energy storage for liquid desiccant air conditioning system
Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Sohif Mat,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. Y. Sulaiman,Abdulrahman Th Mohammad +5 more
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In this paper, a triplex tube heat exchanger with a phase-change material (PCM) (paraffin wax RT 82) in the middle tube was used to power a liquid-desiccant air-conditioning system.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 84 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Phase-change material.read more
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Experimental study of melting and solidification of PCM in a triplex tube heat exchanger with fins
Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Sohif Mat,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. Y. Sulaiman,Abdulrahman Th Mohammad +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a triplex tube heat exchanger with internal and external fins was used as thermal energy storage, and the authors investigated the charging process under steady and nonsteady heat transfer fluid (HTF) inlet temperature and the influence of the mass flow rates on the PCM melting.
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Melting enhancement in triplex-tube latent heat energy storage system using nanoparticles-metal foam combination
TL;DR: In this paper, a compound porous-foam/nanoparticles enhancement technique was used to significantly improve melting of a phase change material (PCM) in a triplex-tube heat exchanger applicable to liquid desiccant air-conditioning systems.
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Simultaneous energy storage and recovery in the triplex-tube heat exchanger with PCM, copper fins and Al2O3 nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, a triplex-tube heat exchanger (TTHX) with phase change materials (PCMs) has been found to be a very efficient energy storage application for this purpose, but the low thermal conductivity of PCMs makes them unable to give the desired response for storage and recovery.
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Heat storage materials, geometry and applications: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed various kinds of heat storage materials, their composites and applications investigated over the last two decades and found that sensible heat storage systems are bulkier in size as compared to the latent heat storage system.
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Influence of operational and design parameters on the performance of a PCM based heat exchanger for thermal energy storage – A review
TL;DR: In this paper, an in-depth analysis of various operating conditions and design parameters that need to be considered in the design of a phase change materials (PCM) based heat exchanger is presented.
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Experimental methods for engineers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present basic concepts and analysis of experimental data for basic electrical measurements and sensors, including Displacement and Area Measurements, Pressure Measurement, Flow Measurement and Temperature Measurement.
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A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in a medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental energy storage system has been designed using a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger incorporating a medium temperature phase change material (PCM) Erythritol, with a melting point of 117.7°C.
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Numerical and experimental study of melting in a spherical shell
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed parametric investigation is performed for melting in spherical shells of 40, 60, and 80mm in diameter, when the wall-temperature is uniform and varies from 2 ÂC to 20 Â C above the mean melting temperature of the PCM.
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Review of thermal energy storage for air conditioning systems
Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Sohif Mat,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. Y. Sulaiman,Chin Haw Lim,Abdulrahman Th +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the previous works on thermal energy storage used for air conditioning systems and the application of phase change materials (PCMs) in different parts of the air conditioning networks, air distribution network, chilled water network, microencapsulated slurries, thermal power and heat rejection of the absorption cooling.
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Experimental and numerical study of melting in a cylinder
TL;DR: In this paper, the melting of a moderate-Prandtl-number material (n-eicosane) in a cylindrical enclosure heated from the side is described.