A study of thermal energy storage systems with conjugate turbulent forced convection Article

Cao, Y, Faghri, A. (1992). A study of thermal energy storage systems with conjugate turbulent forced convection . JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 114(4), 1019-1027. 10.1115/1.2911872

cited authors

  • Cao, Y; Faghri, A

authors

abstract

  • A phase-change energy storage module with a turbulent transport fluid is studied. The forced convection due to the turbulent transport fluid is solved with the k-ϵ model and coupled with the phase-change solution in the phase-change material (PCM). The numerical method is first compared with previous investigations, then conjugate computations for the energy storage module with different cases are conducted. A correlation for the energy storage capacity is derived and its empirical constants are determined by the numerical data. The correlation provides a reference for the module design and parameter optimization. © 1992 by ASME.

publication date

  • January 1, 1992

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start page

  • 1019

end page

  • 1027

volume

  • 114

issue

  • 4