Simulation on PCM melting enhancement with double-fin length arrangements in a rectangular enclosure induced by natural convection

• Main Authors: Ji, Chenzhen, Qin, Zhen, 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; Heat Transfer Rate; Natural Convection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145218
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We numerically investigate the phase change melting enhancement in a latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) unit by arranging the internal double-fin length. The schemes for double-fin setting in unequal length are proposed. A fin length ratio is defined by the upper-fin length over the lower-fi...