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Title:
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An effectiveness-NTU technique for characterising a finned tubes PCM system using a CFD model
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Author:
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Tay, N. H. Steven; Belusko, Martin; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Bruno, Frank
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Numerical modelling is commonly used to design, analyse and optimise tube-in-tank phase change thermal
energy storage systems with fins. A new simplified two dimensional mathematical model, based on
the effectiveness-number of transfer units technique, has been developed to characterise tube-in-tank
phase change material systems, with radial round fins. The model applies an empirically derived P factor
which defines the proportion of the heat flow which is parallel and isothermal. This P factor was determined
using a validated computational fluid dynamics model. This method can be used to design and
optimise tube-in-tank salt based phase change thermal storage units with finned tubes.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007- 2013) under Grant Agreement No PIRSES-GA-2013-610692 (INNOSTORAGE). |
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-Effectiveness-NTU
-Thermal storage system
-Phase change material
-Computational fluid dynamics |
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(c) Elsevier, 2014
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article
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Elsevier
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