Title : ( Heat transfer enhancement in solidification process by change of fins arrangements in a heat exchanger containing phase-change materials )
Authors: Mohammad Mohammad hosseini , Asgar Bradaran Rahimi ,
Full TextAbstract
The ultimate model reduced solidification time up to 21.1 per cent of the Reference model which is a substantial improvement. Moreover, after testing different arrangements of rectangular fins and studying the flow pattern of liquid PCM during solidification, two general criteria was introduced so that engineers can reach the highest rate of heat transfer for a specified value of total surface area of fins. Finally, the effect of considering natural convection during solidification was studied, and the results showed that disregarding natural convection slows down the solidification process remarkably in comparison with experimental results and in fact, this assumption generates non-real estimation of solidification process.
Keywords
, Phase change material, Solidification, Fins arrangements, Latent heat storage
@article{paperid:1073649,
author = {Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad and Bradaran Rahimi, Asgar},
title = {Heat transfer enhancement in solidification process by change of fins arrangements in a heat exchanger containing phase-change materials},
journal = {International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow},
year = {2019},
volume = {29},
number = {5},
month = {May},
issn = {0961-5539},
pages = {1741--1755},
numpages = {14},
keywords = {Phase change material; Solidification; Fins arrangements; Latent heat storage},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Heat transfer enhancement in solidification process by change of fins arrangements in a heat exchanger containing phase-change materials
%A Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad
%A Bradaran Rahimi, Asgar
%J International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow
%@ 0961-5539
%D 2019
