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Thermal Analysis of Pure and Nanoparticle-Enhanced PCM—Application in Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger
March 28, 2023
Abstract
In this paper, organic phase change materials are modeled and studied both numerically and computationally. The results are compared with those of other research available in the international literature. Regardless of their heat storing capacity, the low heat conductivity of PCMs constitutes a significant obstacle to the further advancement of technologies pertaining to latent heat energy storage, as it hampers the immediate response of systems both at heat storage and at heat recovery. In this work, two types of nanoparticles are used as enhancing media, and the calculations are repeated in terms of melting front and stored energy enhancement. The results show that a 6.5% value for the melt percentage enhancement and a 5.5% value for the heat stored enhancement are exhibited when copper nanoparticles are utilized.
In this paper, organic phase change materials are modeled and studied both numerically and computationally. The results are compared with those of other research available in the international literature. Regardless of their heat storing capacity, the low heat conductivity of PCMs constitutes a significant obstacle to the further advancement of technologies pertaining to latent heat energy storage, as it hampers the immediate response of systems both at heat storage and at heat recovery. In this work, two types of nanoparticles are used as enhancing media, and the calculations are repeated in terms of melting front and stored energy enhancement. The results show that a 6.5% value for the melt percentage enhancement and a 5.5% value for the heat stored enhancement are exhibited when copper nanoparticles are utilized.
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computational methods, latent heat, nanoparticles, numerical approach, PCM, phase change, thermal analysis
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T. Nitsas M, P. Koronaki I. Thermal Analysis of Pure and Nanoparticle-Enhanced PCM—Application in Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger. (2023). LAPSE:2023.24456
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T. Nitsas M: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
P. Koronaki I: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
P. Koronaki I: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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Energies
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13
Issue
15
Article Number
E3841
Year
2020
Publication Date
2020-07-27
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1996-1073
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