Experimental and computational study of constrained melting of phase change materials (PCM) inside a spherical capsule

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2009.02.043MaRDI QIDQ2271007zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 29 July 2009

Published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.043

zbMATH Keywords

visualizationnatural convectionPCMsphereCFDDarcy lawphase changeenthalpy methodmeltingspherical capsulephase change materialsthermal stratificationthermal instabilitythermal energy storageparaffin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free convection (76R10) Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12)

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