Non-uniform heat transfer suppression to enhance PCM melting by angled fins

• Main Authors: Ji, Chenzhen, Qin, Zhen, Low, Zhenghua, Dubey, Swapnil, Choo, Fook Hoong, Duan, Fei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Thermal Energy Storage; Phase Change Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142737
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present numerical investigations on a thermal energy storage system with phase change materials (PCMs) vertically heated from one side of a rectangular enclosure. A transient numerical model is developed to study the heat transfer and melting behaviors, and the natural convection is accounted. To...