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Numerical and experimental study on the solidification of PCM around a vertical axially finned isothermal cylinder
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In this paper, the authors presented the results of a numerical and experimental investigation realized on finned tubes with the objective of using them in thermal storage systems, based upon the pure conduction mechanism of heat transfer, the enthalpy formulation approach and the control volume method.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2001-01-01. It has received 387 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Annular fin & Fin.read more
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A fast dynamic model for a large scale heat pipe embedded latent heat thermal energy storage system for optimal sizing and control
Chunjian Pan,Natasha Vermaak,Xingchao Wang,C Jonathan Romero,Sudhakar Neti,Chien-Hua Chen,Richard Bonner +6 more
TL;DR: In this article , a fast explicit modeling approach for a multi-dimensional finned PCM system, called alternating front propagating, is proposed based on the concept of the alternating-direction implicit algorithm for multidimensional parabolic and elliptic differential equations.
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A timeline of the phase-change problem for latent thermal energy storage systems: A review of theoretical approaches from the 1970′s to 2022
TL;DR: In this paper , a review of phase-change materials in thermal energy storage is presented, including the development of correlations and the utilization of non-conventional techniques to enhance heat transfer.
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Thermal energy storage of phase change materials in the solidification process inside the quasi‐square heat exchanger: CFD simulation
Mehdi Asgari,M. Javidan,Mosayeb Gholinia Hassankolaei,M. S. Nozari,A. Asgari,Davood Domiri Ganji +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper , cross-shaped fins and copper(II) oxide nanoparticles with different synthesized forms and various volume fractions have been employed to increase the thermal efficiency of paraffin PCMs.
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Numerical Study on Enhanced Paraffin/Air Heat Transfer with Extended Surface
TL;DR: In this article, the paraffin heat storage layer with vertical rectangular fin extended surface has stronger ability on the heat storage and release, and can more effectively improve the air flow velocity in the solar chimney power plant system with vertical heat collector.
Numerical Investigations of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for Thermal Energy Storage Systems: An Overview
Büşra Arslan,Mustafa Ilbas +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent numerical studies on energy storage in phase change materials (PCMs) has been conducted and many simple models have been developed for numerical simulations of energy storage units.
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