Efficacy of angled metallic fins for enhancing phase change material melting

• Main Authors: Qin, Zhen, Low, Zheng Hua, Ji, Chenzhen, Duan, Fei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Phase Change Material Melting; Heat Transfer Enhancement
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161974
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research on enhancing phase change material (PCM) heat transfer is concentrated in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) field, especially with utilization of metallic fins. One interesting fin parameter that was less explored for a rectangular PCM system, is the metal fin's inclined angle...