[PDF] Top 20 Simulation of Melting Process of a Phase Change Material (PCM) using ANSYS (Fluent)

... can change from solid to liquid state by absorbing latent heat of fusion and vice versa or they can change their state from liquid to gaseous by absorbing latent heat to vaporization and vice versa or they ... See full document

... of phase change materials (PCMs) through a commercial computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software and self-developed programming to study the heat transfer phenomena in ...the melting and ... See full document

... the phase change of microcapsules containing ...of PCM in gypsum composite walls to improve the thermal performance of buildings and reduce the energy ...a melting point near the comfort ... See full document

... to change their state in a certain temperature ...heating process as phase change at which takes place and releases energy to the environment in the phase change range during a ... See full document

... PhaseChange Material (PCM) in the capsules has been developed and validated with experimental ...developed using PCM capsules in a single arrangement during the charging and discharging ... See full document

... of PCM in solar collectors increased the heating time of the collector and enhanced its work as ...Variable phase materials have been used to efficiently store heat in solar distillates and have ... See full document

... or phase change materials (PCM) absorb and release heat as it undergoes a change in phase from solid to solid, solid to liquid or liquid to gas or ...the phase change ... See full document

... a phase change material. The PCM was loaded in GI (Galvanized iron) pipes and arranged in a criss cross manner to form a grid shape and the whole setup was laid one over the other and was used ... See full document

... for phase change problems which occur in solidification and melting have been surveyed in this ...of phase change problems, wide experience has been accumulated in the numerical ... See full document

... of PCM in refrigeration cycles based on vapor compression, it elaborates significant changes on several functions of the system, such as on-off cycle and declination in the utilization of electrical ...for ... See full document

... of melting is also ...melted PCM domain locally enhanced heat transfer at the interface, which caused a faster advancement of the local interface resulting in a rapid enhancement of local ...the PCM ... See full document

... a PCM is studied. The temperature distribution of PCM and HTF is simulated by numerically solving the two differential equations governing the physical ...the PCM is only involved the ordinary ... See full document

... To solve this problem, the paraffin needs to be encapsulated with other supporting materials. In this study, paraffin is blended with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) at varied composition by dissolving paraffin with PEG via ... See full document

... Furthermore, while different mechanisms have been proposed as responsible of the thermal conductivity in- crease and some of them also attributed to the specific heat increase, almost no research has been made to ex- ... See full document

... study, phase change material (PCM) was used to control the heat of hydration of mass concrete, and the study aimed to evaluate the resulting fundamental and thermal properties of mass concrete ... See full document

... each PCM has its own phase change temperature, which is the temperature at which latent heat is absorbed or released, it is important to use an appropriate PCM for the purpose of building ... See full document

... the PCM melted faster at high flow rate using the plate heat exchanger when compared with the result from the serpentine heat exchanger at high ...entire PCM was melted between 4000-6000 seconds, ... See full document

... package ANSYS FLUENT has shown the possibility of using this package in the analysis of energy transfer processes at work thermosyphons at high thermal ... See full document

... The melting time was decreased for Outer radius of Pipe varying from ...the melting time was increased for Outer radius of Pipe ...the melting time was decreased from 1187 seconds to 1152 seconds ... See full document

... The force characteristic obtained by numerical simulations has been compared with the characteristic obtained by means of experimental measuring. It was determined that the course of the force ascertained from ... See full document