Enhancement of PCM melting in enclosures with horizontally-finned internal surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2011.05.027MaRDI QIDQ650539zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nourouddin Sharifi, Theodore L. Bergman, Amir Faghri

Publication date 25 November 2011

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.2011.05.027

zbMATH Keywords

finsmeltingnatural convectionphase change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Free convection (76R10) Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Finite difference methods applied to problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80M20)

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