Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi13071062
Keywords
PCM; FEM; tubes; wings; latent heat
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- King Khalid University [R.G.P2/22/43]
- Umm Al-Qura University [22UQU4331317DSR33]
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This study investigates heat transfer enhancement in the shell and tube latent heat thermal storage system using phase change materials. By varying the number of heated fins, the flow features, entropy, and melting rate can be adjusted.
Thermophoresis represents one of the most common methods of directing micromachines. Enhancement of heat transfer rates are of economic interest for micromachine operation. This study aims to examine the heat transfer enhancement within the shell and tube latent heat thermal storage system (LHTSS) using PCMs (Phase Change Materials). The enthalpy-porosity approach is applied to formulate the melting situation and various shapes of inner heated fins are considered. The solution methodology is based on the Galerkin finite element analyses and wide ranges of the nanoparticle volume fraction are assumed, i.e., (0% <= phi <= 6%). The system entropy and the optimization of irreversibility are analyzed using the second law of the thermodynamics. The key outcomes revealed that the flow features, hexagonal entropy, and melting rate might be adjusted by varying the number of heated fins. Additionally, in case 4 where eight heated fins are considered, the highest results for the average liquid percentage are obtained.
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