...Arun Uniyal; Deepak Kumar; Yogesh K. Prajapati In the present paper, a two-dimensional transient numerical study has been performed to investigate the influence of different fin designs on the melting and heat transfer characteristics of a phase change material (PCM), i.e., Paraffin wax, filled...

...Nithin Mallya; Pierre Baqué; Pierre Yvernay; Andrea Pozzetti; Pascal Fua; Sophia Haussener High-temperature latent heat thermal energy storage with metallic alloy phase change materials (PCMs) utilize the high latent heat and high thermal conductivity to gain a competitive edge over existing...

...D. A. Orozco; J. F. Hinojosa; K. Amaya The heat transfer effect of a sectioned wall made of five volumes filled with a phase change material (PCM) coupled to an air cavity is presented. The analysis system was equipped with a heat source next to the sectioned wall and an opposite isothermal wall...

...Xiangxuan Li; Xinyi Li; Wei Cui; Ting Ma; Lin Lu; Qiuwang Wang In this paper, the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method was used to simulate the flow and heat transfer process in porous composite phase change material (PCM) with acoustic streaming, to investigate the mechanism of heat transfer enhancement...

...Nan Hu; Zi-Rui Li; Run-Hui Zhang; Li-Wu Fan In order to give more sights into the melting (and solidification) heat transfer processes of nano-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) with invisible phase interfaces, a novel indirect method for tracking the phase interface by thermochromic liquid...

.... 18 02 2014 15 08 2014 18 11 2014 This paper numerically investigates the heat transfer characteristics of a mesoscale liquid film slurry flow containing micro-encapsulated phase change material (MEPCM) in the presence of evaporation. The two-phase evaporating liquid film flow...

.... Such temperature holding time was longer than most of the conventional phase change materials (PCMs). Moreover, some interesting phase change phenomena were also discovered such that mixing SiO 2 powder with gallium or just shaking the liquid metal container will help reduce the large supercooling of gallium...

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...R. Sabbah; J. Seyed-Yagoobi; S. Al-Hallaj This study numerically explores the effect of presence of micro-encapsulated phase change material (MEPCM) on the heat transfer characteristics of a fluid in a rectangular cavity driven by natural convection. The natural convection is generated...

...Masahiro Kawaji Complex macroscale and microscale heat and mass transfer phenomena are encountered in thermal energy storage and transport systems. Those systems involving ice slurries and nanoemulsions of phase change materials can be used for either cooling or heating applications or both, which...

... nanoparticle molten salt lithium carbonate potassium carbonate solar energy thermal energy storage phase change material Thermal energy storage (TES) systems at high temperatures are required to improve the operational efficiencies and reliability of solar thermal energy conversion systems...

... with conventional insulation. In this paper, an alternative thermal protection method (phase change materials (PCMs)) is analyzed and studied experimentally. Seasonal ground temperature variations are estimated by an analytical conduction model, with a sinusoidal ground surface temperature variation. A compensation...

...Sarada Kuravi; Krishna M. Kota; Jianhua Du; Louis C. Chow Microchannels are used in applications where large amount of heat is produced. Phase change material (PCM) slurries can be used as a heat transfer fluid in microchannels as they provide increased heat capacity during the melting of phase...

...S. K. Saha; K. Srinivasan; P. Dutta This paper deals with phase change material (PCM), used in conjunction with thermal conductivity enhancer (TCE), as a means of thermal management of electronic systems. Eicosane is used as PCM, while aluminium pin or plate fins are used as TCE. The test section...

...Atul Nagose; Ankit Somani; Aviral Shrot; Arunn Narasimhan Using an approach that couples genetic algorithm (GA) with conventional numerical simulations, optimization of the geometric configuration of a phase-change material based heat sink (PBHS) is performed in this paper. The optimization is done...

...J. R. Balikowski; J. C. Mollendorf Phase change materials (PCMs) are used in applications where temperature regulation is important because they absorb and release a large amount of energy at a fixed temperature. In the experimental part of this investigation, PCM was placed in the annular region...