RT Journal Article
ID 36839d0357847f4b
A1 Ajarostaghi, Seyed Soheil Mousavi 
A1 Delavar, Mojtaba Aghajani
A1 Dolati, Adel 
T1 NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF MELTING PROCESS IN HORIZONTAL SHELL-AND-TUBE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL STORAGE CONSIDERING DIFFERENT HTF CHANNEL GEOMETRIES
JF Heat Transfer Research
JO HTR
YR 2017
FD 2017-11-09
VO 48
IS 16
SP 1515
OP 1529
K1 phase change material (PCM)
K1 heat transfer
K1 thermal energy storage (TES)
K1 numerical modeling
K1 melting
AB This work studies the effect of channel geometries on melting process (charging) in a phase change material (PCM) cylindrical storage. In order to investigate the melting process, different geometries of HTF channel cross section including circular, rectangular, elliptical, square, and diamond-like are considered. The results show that the melting time of 75% of PCM for all models is very close to each other and there is no significant difference. Thenceforward the main differences appear that depend on the geometry of PCM storage and the impact of the buoyant force. Through this study it is found that PCM cylindrical storage with vertical rectangular cross section has the highest melting rate in comparison with all models, and the melting time decreases to 74% of the circular cross section, while horizontal rectangular and elliptical cross sections
melt slower than other all models.

PB Begell House
LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/46784ef93dddff27,126169a523453fa8,36839d0357847f4b.html