Enhancement of PCM melting in enclosures with horizontally-finned internal surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2011.05.027zbMath1227.80045OpenAlexW2011353430MaRDI QIDQ650539

Amir Faghri, Theodore L. Bergman, Nourouddin Sharifi

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.05.027

zbMATH Keywords

natural convectionphase changemeltingfins

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Free convection (76R10) Finite difference methods applied to problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80M20)

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