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Numerical study of two-dimensional freezing in an annulus

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In this article, a numerical study on two-dimensional freezing in an annulus made up of an initially superheated phase-change medium is presented, where numerical results are used to deduce a relation between the non-dimensional discharge time and the other parameters.
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An evaluation is made of the results of a numerical study on two-dimensional freezing in an annulus made up of an initially superheated phase-change medium. Numerical results are used to deduce a relation between the nondimensional discharge time and the other parameters. The velocity of the freeze front decreases with time because of the increase of interface area as the freezing proceeds radially outward, followed by a marginal decrease in the freezing rate due to the presence of the adiabatic surface; sensible cooling then occurs only where the freeze front has already reached the adiabatic surface. 6 refs.

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Numerical and experimental study on the solidification of PCM around a vertical axially finned isothermal cylinder

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Experimentally validated two dimensional numerical model for the solidification of PCM along a horizontal long tube

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the results of a numerical study validated by experimental measurements on the solidification of PCM along a horizontal tube by using the boundary immobilization technique.
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An experimental study on ice formation around horizontal long tubes

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Parametric study of solidification of PCM around a cylinder for ice-bank applications

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a numerical parametric study of the solidification of a phase change material (PCM) around a cylinder carrying a heat transfer fluid (HTF) inside.
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Ice formation around isothermal radial finned tubes

TL;DR: In this article, a thermal numerical model for the solidification of phase change material around a radially finned tube with a constant wall temperature is presented, based upon a pure conduction formulation and the enthalpy method.
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An experimental study of heat transfer through periodically contacting surfaces

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that, despite large variations in thermal contact resistance from one meeting of the contact surfaces to the next, earlier theoretical work could be used to predict, with reasonable accuracy, the average thermal resistance arising from periodic interruption of the heat flow at the contact interface.
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Experimental study of the transient heat transfer across periodically contacting surfaces

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the thermal contact resistance of surfaces which contact and separate at regular intervals and showed that thermal contact resistances should not be considered a constant for contacts of short duration, and relatively few cycles are required for the temperature distribution in the material to approach that observed in the quasi-steady state.
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An analogue study of heat transfer through periodically contacting surfaces

TL;DR: In this paper, an analogue computer was used to determine the effect of frequency and duration of contact per cycle on heat transfer through surfaces which are meeting and separating according to a regular cycle.
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