Performance enhancement of PCM latent heat thermal energy storage system utilizing a modified webbed tube heat exchanger
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In this article, a novel modified webbed tube heat exchanger was introduced and numerically investigated, to enhance the thermal performance of phase change material (PCM) thermal energy storage (TES) system.About:
This article is published in Energy Reports.The article was published on 2020-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat exchanger & Phase-change material.read more
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Effect of fin-metal foam structure on thermal energy storage: An experimental study
Junfei Guo,Zhan Liu,Zhao Du,Jiabang Yu,Xiaohu Yang,Xiaohu Yang,Xiaohu Yang,Jinyue Yan,Jinyue Yan +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid fin-foam tube is proposed and its thermal performance is evaluated by experimentally comparing with other three competing structures including bare, fin, and metal foam tubes.
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A state-of-the-art review of the application of phase change materials (PCM) in Mobilized-Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) for recovering low-temperature industrial waste heat (IWH) for distributed heat supply
TL;DR: A state-of-the-art review of phase change materials (PCM) applied inMobilized-Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) systems can be found in this article.
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Melting performance enhancement of PCM based thermal energy storage system using multiple tubes and modified shell designs
TL;DR: In this article, experimental and numerical investigations are performed for heat transfer enhancement in a horizontal Latent Thermal Energy Storage System using multiple heat transfer tubes and modified shell designs, where Stearic acid is used as phase change material and it is placed in the annulus of steel shell and copper tubes carrying water as the heat transfer fluid.
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Enhancing the thermal performance of PCM in a shell and tube latent heat energy storage system by utilizing innovative fins
TL;DR: In this article, the thermal performance of a shell and tube heat exchanger was numerically investigated and the use of metal fin shapes was suggested as an innovative fin shape to accelerate PCM melting process in the STHX.
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Melting and solidification within an energy storage unit with triangular fin and CuO nano particles
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of combining nanoparticles and fin on the period of various times of Phase Change Material (PCM) solidification and melting process was scrutinized. And the results indicate that the presence of triangular fins can enhance solidification rate about 40.75% and with inclusion of nanoparticles, solidification time declines about 44.88%.
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Maximization of performance of a PCM latent heat storage system with innovative fins
TL;DR: In this article, a tree-shaped fin with one and two bifurcations was proposed to enhance the performance of a shell-and-tube LHTES unit.
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Numerical and experimental study on the solidification of PCM around a vertical axially finned isothermal cylinder
TL;DR: 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.
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Internal and external fin heat transfer enhancement technique for latent heat thermal energy storage in triplex tube heat exchangers
Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Abduljalil A. Al-Abidi,Sohif Mat,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,M. Y. Sulaiman,Abdulrahman Th Mohammad +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, heat transfer enhancement technique by using internal and external fins for PCM melting in a triplex tube heat exchanger (TTHX) was investigated numerically.
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Numerical modeling for solid–liquid phase change phenomena in porous media: Shell-and-tube type latent heat thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model is established to predict the phase change material (PCM) melting process in porous media, and the heat transfer enhancement technique using metal foam in a shell-and-tube type latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) unit is investigated.
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Solidification enhancement of PCM in a triplex-tube thermal energy storage system with nanoparticles and fins
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of different dimensions of fins and volume concentrations of nanoparticles on phase change material (PCM) solidification evolution was investigated, and it was also found that the application of fins alone shows better enhancement than using either nanoparticles alone or combination of both on the solidification.