THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Nedžad R. Rudonja

,

Mirko S. Komatina

,

Goran S. Živković

,

Dragi Lj. Antonijević

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT THROUGH PCM THERMAL STORAGE BY USE OF COPPER FINS

ABSTRACT
Enhancement of heat transfer over a cylinder shaped thermal energy storage filled by paraffin E53 by use of radial rectangular copper fins was analyzed. The thermo-physical features of the storage material are determined in separate experiments and implemented to Fluent software over UDF. Advanced thermal storage geometry comprehension and optimization required introduction of a parameter suitable for the analysis of heat transfer enhancement, so the ratio of heat transfer surfaces as a factor was proposed and applied. It is revealed that increase of the ratio of heat transfer surfaces leads to the decrease of melting time and vice versa. Numerical analysis, employing the 3D model built in Ansys software, observed storage reservoir geometries with variable number of longitudinal radial fins. The adjusted set of boundary conditions was carried out and both written in C language and implemented over UDF in order to define variable heat flux along the height of the heater. The comparison of acquired numerical and experimental results showed a strong correlation. Experimental validation of numerical results was done on the real TES apparatus. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III42011, TR 33042 i OI 176006]
KEYWORDS
thermal energy storage, phase change material, paraffin, numerical modeling
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-07-29
PAPER REVISED: 2015-08-21
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2015-08-28
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2015-09-06
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI150729136R
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2016, VOLUME 20, ISSUE Supplement 1, PAGES [S251 - S259]
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