Transient behavior analysis of the melting of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material inside a rectangular latent heat storage unit
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- 作者：Radouane Elbahjaoui ; radouane.elbahjaoui@ced.uca.ac.ma ; Hamid El Qarnia
- 关键词：Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) ; Phase change material (PCM) ; Nanoparticles ; Latent heat storage unit (LHSU) ; Thermal energy storage ; Melting ; CFDs
- 刊名：Applied Thermal Engineering
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：5 February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：112
- 期：Complete
- 页码：720-738
- 全文大小：3786 K
- 卷排序：112
文摘
Melting of nanoparticle-enhanced phase change in a rectangular latent heat storage unit is investigated numerically. Melting time decreases with increasing volumetric fraction of nanoparticles. Melting time decreases with increasing Rayleigh number. Melting time decreases with increasing aspect ratio of NEPCM slabs. Melting time decreases with increasing Reynolds number.