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Numerical modeling of nano enhanced PCM solidification in an enclosure with metallic fin
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In this paper, the solidification process of nano enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) is simulated in existence of radiative heat transfer, where H2O and CuO are utilized as PCM and nanoparticles, respectively.About:
This article is published in Journal of Molecular Liquids.The article was published on 2018-06-01. It has received 245 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluid & Fin (extended surface).read more
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Heat transfer behavior of nanoparticle enhanced PCM solidification through an enclosure with V shaped fins
TL;DR: In this article, the variation of energy storage efficiency, Finite element method has been employed to show the variation in energy storage energy efficiency, important selected parameters are nanofluid concentration, angle of V shaped fin, copper oxide particle size and length of fin.
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Enhancement of PCM solidification using inorganic nanoparticles and an external magnetic field with application in energy storage systems
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of both inorganic nanoparticles as an additive to PCM and magnetic field on the PCM solidification rate inside a porous energy storage system have been modeled.
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Natural convective flow and heat transfer of Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) in a cavity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied free convective flow and heat transfer of a suspension of nano-encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an enclosure and found that the enhancement of heat transfer is highly dependent on the non-dimensional fusion temperature, θf, and very good performance can be achieved in the range of ¼ < θ f < 0.
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Application of Neural Network for estimation of heat transfer treatment of Al2O3-H2O nanofluid through a channel
Mohsen Sheikholeslami,M. Barzegar Gerdroodbary,Rasoul Moradi,Ahmad Shafee,Zhixiong Li,Zhixiong Li +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical approach is applied to analyze the thermal behavior of alumina nanofluid in a duct, and neural network is employed to estimate the heat transfer rate.
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Finite element method for PCM solidification in existence of CuO nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, a complex shaped energy storage enclosure was simulated by Galerkin finite element method considering adaptive mesh to estimate nanofluid properties, Brownian motion impact was taken into account.
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