Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures

In almost all industrial processes, more than half of the input energy is turned into waste heat. One method to better harness thermal energy involves storing the waste heat energy using thermal energy storage devices filled with Phase Change Materials (PCMs). This study aims to characterise melting...

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Main Author: Sek, Mun Pin
Other Authors: Leong Kai Choong
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Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1505962021-05-31T09:01:28Z Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures Sek, Mun Pin Leong Kai Choong Wong Teck Neng School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering MKCLEONG@ntu.edu.sg, MTNWONG@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Energy conservation In almost all industrial processes, more than half of the input energy is turned into waste heat. One method to better harness thermal energy involves storing the waste heat energy using thermal energy storage devices filled with Phase Change Materials (PCMs). This study aims to characterise melting of PCM in a plain structure, fan-finned, tree-finned, and topology-optimised structure heat sinks at different power inputs. This study compared the topology-optimised heat sink for natural convection against another topology-optimised heat sink (tree-finned) that natural convection was not considered. The two heat sinks were also compared to a conventional fin-shaped heat sink to see the improvement in their thermal performance. In all experiments, both topology-optimised heat sinks were able to maintain lower base temperatures compared to the fan-finned and plain structure. The tree-structure performed slightly better at 48 W while the newly designed TO structure performed better at 27 W. This suggests that the topology-optimised heat sink is a more efficient cooling device as compared to the fin-shaped heat sink. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2021-05-31T09:01:28Z 2021-05-31T09:01:28Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Sek, M. P. (2021). Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150596 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150596 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
description In almost all industrial processes, more than half of the input energy is turned into waste heat. One method to better harness thermal energy involves storing the waste heat energy using thermal energy storage devices filled with Phase Change Materials (PCMs). This study aims to characterise melting of PCM in a plain structure, fan-finned, tree-finned, and topology-optimised structure heat sinks at different power inputs. This study compared the topology-optimised heat sink for natural convection against another topology-optimised heat sink (tree-finned) that natural convection was not considered. The two heat sinks were also compared to a conventional fin-shaped heat sink to see the improvement in their thermal performance. In all experiments, both topology-optimised heat sinks were able to maintain lower base temperatures compared to the fan-finned and plain structure. The tree-structure performed slightly better at 48 W while the newly designed TO structure performed better at 27 W. This suggests that the topology-optimised heat sink is a more efficient cooling device as compared to the fin-shaped heat sink.
author2 Leong Kai Choong
author_facet Leong Kai Choong
Sek, Mun Pin
format Final Year Project
author Sek, Mun Pin
author_sort Sek, Mun Pin
title Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
title_short Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
title_full Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
title_fullStr Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
title_sort enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2021
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150596
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