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Melting process investigation of phase change materials in a shell and tube heat exchanger enhanced with heat pipe
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In this article, the effect of the number of the tubes as well as the angle of the tube plates are analyzed, which necessitates the examination of at least thirteen models and the enthalpy-porosity is applied to consider phase change within the model.About:
This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 2019-08-01. It has received 47 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Shell and tube heat exchanger & Heat pipe.read more
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Thermophysical properties and applications of nano-enhanced PCMs: An update review
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of nanoparticles on the most important thermophysical properties of phase change materials (PCMs) are discussed and the applications of nano-PCMs in the fields such as thermal energy storage (TES), thermal control unit (TCU), photovoltaic thermal thermal (PVT), solar still (SS), and building are examined.
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Effects of fins arrangement and parameters on the consecutive melting and solidification of PCM in a latent heat storage unit
TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics of consecutive melting and solidification of a phase change material (PCM) in a horizontal double tube LHS unit were investigated using a two-dimensional symmetric simulation model with considering natural convection.
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Thermal optimization of shell and tube heat exchanger using porous baffles
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of segmental porous baffles on heat transfer and pressure drop along a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHX) with 6 porous panels.
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Experimental and numerical investigations of thermal performance enhancement in a latent heat storage heat exchanger using bifurcated and straight fins
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of applying straight and bifurcated fin configurations on melting behavior of paraffin inside the shell-and-tube heat exchangers are both experimentally and numerically investigated.
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Energy and exergy analysis of an experimentally examined latent heat thermal energy storage system
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation is carried out on a Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage system (LHTES). All the experimental data are optimized using thermodynamic principles in which exergy analysis is conducted to examine the system performance at different time constants.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change: materials, heat transfer analysis and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the history of thermal energy storage with solid-liquid phase change has been carried out and three aspects have been the focus of this review: materials, heat transfer and applications.
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Heat Pipe Science And Technology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a detailed analysis of non-conventional heat pipe properties, including variable conductance heat pipes, and their properties in terms of heat transfer and mass transfer.
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Enthalpy-porosity technique for modeling convection-diffusion phase change: application to the melting of a pure metal
TL;DR: In this article, the melting of pure gallium in a rectangular cavity has been numerically investigated using the enthalpy-porosity approach for modeling combined convection-diffusion phase change.
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Loop heat pipes
TL;DR: Loop heat pipes (LHPs) as mentioned in this paper are two-phase heat-transfer devices with capillary pumping of a working fluid, which can transfer heat efficiency for distances up to several meters at any orientation in the gravity field, or to several tens of meters in a horizontal position.
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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.