PERFORMANCE-CHARACTERISTICS OF A THERMAL-ENERGY STORAGE MODULE - A TRANSIENT PCM FORCED-CONVECTION CONJUGATE ANALYSIS

被引:95
作者
CAO, Y
FAGHRI, A
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[1] Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton
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美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0017-9310(91)90177-G
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O414.1 [热力学];
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The performance of a thermal energy storage module is simulated numerically. The change of phase of the phase-change material (PCM) and the transient forced convective heat transfer for the transfer fluid with low Prandtl numbers are solved simultaneously as a conjugate problem. A parametric study and a system optimization are conducted. The numerical results show that module geometry is crucial to the design of a space-based thermal energy storage system.
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