An experimental and numerical method for thermal characterization of phase change materials for cold thermal energy storage

• Main Authors: Borri, Emiliano, Sze, Jia Yin, Tafone, Alessio, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Li, Yongliang, Comodi, Gabriele
• Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Numerical Model; Science::Physics; Phase Change Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90088; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49415
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper seeks to establish a methodology which predicts the phase change duration and this assists the design of an optimized container sizing for cold thermal energy storage systems. The thermal characterization with numerical methods is widely used due to their versatility and low cost when com...