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LAPSE:2023.33836
Heat Transfer Performance Potential with a High-Temperature Phase Change Dispersion
Ludger Fischer, Ernesto Mura, Poppy O’Neill, Silvan von Arx, Jörg Worlitschek, Geng Qiao, Qi Li, Yulong Ding
April 24, 2023
Phase change dispersions are useful for isothermal cooling applications. As a result of the phase changes that occur in PCDs, they are expected to have greater storage capacities than those of single-phase heat transfer fluids. However, for appropriate heat exchanger dimensions and geometries for use in phase change dispersions, knowledge about the convective heat transfer coefficients of phase change dispersions is necessary. A test unit for measuring the local heat transfer coefficients and Nusselt numbers of PCDs was created. The boundary condition of constant heat flux was chosen for testing, and the experimental heat transfer coefficients and Nusselt numbers for the investigated phase change dispersion were established. Different experimental parameters, such as the electrical wall heat input, Reynolds number, and mass flow rate, were varied during testing, and the results were compared to those of water tests. It was found that, due to the tendency of low-temperature increases in phase change dispersions, the driving temperature difference is greater than that of water. In addition, larger heat storage capacities were obtained for phase change dispersions than for water. Through this experimentation, it was acknowledged that future investigation into the optimised operating conditions must be performed.
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convective heat transfer, Nusselt number, phase change, phase change slurry, temperature control
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Fischer L, Mura E, O’Neill P, von Arx S, Worlitschek J, Qiao G, Li Q, Ding Y. Heat Transfer Performance Potential with a High-Temperature Phase Change Dispersion. (2023). LAPSE:2023.33836
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Fischer L: Competence Centre Thermal Energy Storage (TES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 6048 Horw, Switzerland
Mura E: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage and School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
O’Neill P: Competence Centre Thermal Energy Storage (TES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 6048 Horw, Switzerland
von Arx S: Competence Centre Thermal Energy Storage (TES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 6048 Horw, Switzerland
Worlitschek J: Competence Centre Thermal Energy Storage (TES), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 6048 Horw, Switzerland [ORCID]
Qiao G: Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage and School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Li Q: Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Europe GmbH, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Ding Y: Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Europe GmbH, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Energies
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14
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16
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4899
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2021
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2021-08-11
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1996-1073
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