scholarly journals Numerical Study of Solidification in a Plate Heat Exchange Device with a Zigzag Configuration Containing Multiple Phase-Change-Materials

Energies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peilun Wang ◽  
Dacheng Li ◽  
Yun Huang ◽  
Xingang Zheng ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchange ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Multiple Phase

Thermal energy charging behaviour of a heat exchange device with a zigzag plate configuration containing multi-phase-change-materials (m-PCMs)

2015 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 328-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peilun Wang ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Yun Huang ◽  
Chuan Li ◽  
Zhijian Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchange ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Multi Phase

Natural Convection in an Enclosure With Blend of Micro Encapsulated Phase Change Materials

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Khakpour ◽  
Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Expansion ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Effective Density

This numerical study investigates the effect of using a blend of micro-encapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs) on the heat transfer characteristics of a liquid in a rectangular enclosure driven by natural convection. A comparison has been made between the cases of using single component MEPCM slurry and a blend of two-component MEPCM slurry. The natural convection is generated by the temperature difference between two vertical walls of the enclosure maintained at constant temperatures. Each of the two phase change materials store latent heat at a specific range of temperatures. During phase change of the PCM, the effective density of the slurry varies. This results in thermal expansion and hence a buoyancy driven flow. The effects of MEPCM concentration in the slurry and changes in the operating conditions such as the wall temperatures compared to that of pure water have been studied. The MEPCM latent heat and the increased volumetric thermal expansion coefficient during phase change of the MEPCM play a major role in this heat transfer augmentation.

Phase Change Process Inside a Small-radii Cylinder Subjected to Cyclic Convective Boundary Conditions: a Numerical Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Kanani ◽  
Avijit Karmakar ◽  
Sumanta Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Convective Boundary Condition ◽  
Freezing Process ◽  
Fourier Number ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Convective Boundary

Abstract We numerically investigate the melting and solidi?cation behavior of phase change materials encapsulated in a small-radii cylinder subjected to a cyclic convective boundary condition (square wave). Initially, we explore the effect of the Stefan and Biot numbers on the non-dimensionalized time required (i.e. reference Fourier number Tref ) for a PCM initially held at Tcold to melt and reach the cross?ow temperature Thot. The increase in either Stefan or Biot number decreases Tref and can be predicted accurately using a correlation developed in this work. The variations of the PCM melt fraction, surface temperature, and heat transfer rate as a function of Fourier number are reported and analyzed for the above process. We further study the effect of the cyclic Fourier number on the periodic melting and freezing process. The melting or freezing front initiates at the outer periphery of the PCM and propagates towards the center. At higher frequencies, multiple two-phase interfaces are generated (propagating inward), and higher overall heat transfer is achieved as the surface temperature oscillates in the vicinity of the melting temperature, which increases the effective temperature difference driving the convective heat transfer.

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