Numerical modeling of nano enhanced PCM solidification in an enclosure with metallic fin

By Mohsen Sheikholeslami. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018

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Abstract Solidification process of nano enhanced phase change material (NEPCM) is simulated in existence of radiative heat transfer. H2O and CuO are utilized as PCM and nanoparticles, respectively. Finite element method with adaptive mesh is employed to simulate this transient problem. Effects of fin length, size of nanoparticle, nanofluid volume fraction, radiation parameter on solidification process have been investigated. Results indicate that solidification rate enhances by dispersing CuO nanoparticles in to water. As L and Rd augments, solidification process is completed in lower time and total energy reduces.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Biomedical Engineering

1. Mohammad Ghalambaz
2. Ali J. Chamkha
3. Dongsheng Wen
4. Muneer A. Ismael
5. S. A. M. Mehryan
6. Mohsen Sheikholeslami
7. Ioan Pop
8. Mikhail A. Sheremet

In Mechanical Engineering

1. Mohammad Ghalambaz
2. Ali J. Chamkha
3. Dongsheng Wen
4. S. A. M. Mehryan
5. Muneer A. Ismael
6. Mohsen Sheikholeslami
7. Ioan Pop
8. Mikhail A. Sheremet

In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. Ali J. Chamkha
2. Mohammad Ghalambaz
3. Dongsheng Wen

Citations in the corpus

• Natural convective flow and heat transfer of Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials (NEPCMs) in a cavity (2019, background): “Thus, many researchers have tried to enhance the heat transfer characteristics of PCM by using fins [13] –[15] or porous media [16] –[18].”