Inclusion of nanoparticles in PCM for heat release unit

Houman Babazadeh; Mikhail A. Sheremet; Hussein A. Mohammed; Mohammed Reza Hajizadeh; Z. Li

doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113544

Inclusion of nanoparticles in PCM for heat release unit

Houman Babazadeh, Mikhail A. Sheremet, Hussein A. Mohammed, Mohammed Reza Hajizadeh^*, Z. Li

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Abstract

The main motivation of the present work is to scrutinize the solidification of CuO-water within a heat release unit that has innovative fins. This compact structure along with limitation at the surface of the fins is simulated using Finite Element Method (FEM). Mixture of copper oxide and H₂O is introduced as a working fluid. Moreover, the nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCM) shows a significant change in thermal behavior of nanofluid and pure PCM properties by considering the Brownian motion. The outcomes are depicted in the form of temperature, solid fraction and phase change front contours. The results are obtained to determine the variation of phase change by adding the nanoparticles in PCM for various time domains. Similarly, significant effects of nanoparticles volume fraction on the total energy and solid fraction are presented. Furthermore, it is found that the nanoparticles and radiation parameter with size of d_p = 40 nm has the greatest heat transfer rate.

Original language	English
Article number	113544
Journal	Journal of Molecular Liquids
Volume	313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113544
State	Published - 1 Sep 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Control volume finite element method
Fins shaped structure
Nanoparticle
PCM
Solidification
Thermal energy storage

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Spectroscopy
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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