Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows
Phase change material (PCM) suspensions have received wide spread attention for increased thermal storage in various thermal systems such as heat sinks for electronics and solar thermal applications. To achieve further heat transfer enhancement, this paper investigates the effect of focusing micron-...
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| author | Yilbas, Bekir S. Lenert, Andrej Nam, Young Suk Wang, Evelyn |
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| description | Phase change material (PCM) suspensions have received wide spread attention for increased thermal storage in various thermal systems such as heat sinks for electronics and solar thermal applications. To achieve further heat transfer enhancement, this paper investigates the effect of focusing micron-sized phase-change particles (PCMs) to a layer near the heated wall of a parallel plate channel. A numerical model for fully-developed laminar flow with a constant heat flux applied to one wall is developed. Melting of the focused PCMs is incorporated using a temperature-dependent effective heat capacity. The effect of channel height, height of the focused PCM stream, heat flux, and fluid properties on the peak local Nusselt number (Nu∗) and the averaged Nusselt number over the melting length (Nu[subscript melt]) are investigated. Compared to the thermally-developed Nusselt number for this geometry (Nuo = 5.385), Nu[subscript melt]and Nu∗ enhancements of 8% and 19% were determined, respectively. The local heat transfer performance is optimized when the PCMs are confined to within 30% of the channel height. The present work provides an extended understanding of local heat transfer characteristics during melting of flowing PCM suspensions, and offers a new method for enhancing heat transfer performance in various thermal-fluidic systems. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1082932022-09-28T19:36:53Z Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows Yilbas, Bekir S. Lenert, Andrej Nam, Young Suk Wang, Evelyn Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Wang, Evelyn N Lenert, Andrej Nam, Young Suk Wang, Evelyn Phase change material (PCM) suspensions have received wide spread attention for increased thermal storage in various thermal systems such as heat sinks for electronics and solar thermal applications. To achieve further heat transfer enhancement, this paper investigates the effect of focusing micron-sized phase-change particles (PCMs) to a layer near the heated wall of a parallel plate channel. A numerical model for fully-developed laminar flow with a constant heat flux applied to one wall is developed. Melting of the focused PCMs is incorporated using a temperature-dependent effective heat capacity. The effect of channel height, height of the focused PCM stream, heat flux, and fluid properties on the peak local Nusselt number (Nu∗) and the averaged Nusselt number over the melting length (Nu[subscript melt]) are investigated. Compared to the thermally-developed Nusselt number for this geometry (Nuo = 5.385), Nu[subscript melt]and Nu∗ enhancements of 8% and 19% were determined, respectively. The local heat transfer performance is optimized when the PCMs are confined to within 30% of the channel height. The present work provides an extended understanding of local heat transfer characteristics during melting of flowing PCM suspensions, and offers a new method for enhancing heat transfer performance in various thermal-fluidic systems. 2017-04-20T15:55:41Z 2017-04-20T15:55:41Z 2012-10 2012-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0017-9310 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108293 Lenert, Andrej; Nam, Youngsuk; Yilbas, Bekir S. and Wang, Evelyn N. "Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 56, no. 1-2 (January 2013): 380-389. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.09.014 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Prof. Evelyn Wang |
| spellingShingle | Yilbas, Bekir S. Lenert, Andrej Nam, Young Suk Wang, Evelyn Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title | Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title_full | Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title_fullStr | Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title_full_unstemmed | Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title_short | Focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| title_sort | focusing of phase change microparticles for local heat transfer enhancement in laminar flows |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108293 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200 |
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