Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study

A shell and tube latent heat storage (LHS) system using heptadecane with melting point 22.33 degrees C for active cooling of air has been analyzed analytically and experimentally in this paper. A theoretical model of laminar forced convection with varying wall temperature due to phase change materia...

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Main Authors: Anisur, M.R., Kibria, M.A., Mahfuz, M.H., Saidur, R., Metselaar, I.H.S.C.
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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author Anisur, M.R.
Kibria, M.A.
Mahfuz, M.H.
Saidur, R.
Metselaar, I.H.S.C.
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Kibria, M.A.
Mahfuz, M.H.
Saidur, R.
Metselaar, I.H.S.C.
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description A shell and tube latent heat storage (LHS) system using heptadecane with melting point 22.33 degrees C for active cooling of air has been analyzed analytically and experimentally in this paper. A theoretical model of laminar forced convection with varying wall temperature due to phase change material (PCM) outside a double wall circular tube and air as heat transfer fluid (HTF) inside a tube was employed to analyze active cooling of air. The analytical prediction in terms of outlet temperature was validated with experimental data. Furthermore, influences of some important design parameters (e.g. inner radius and thickness of the tube) on cooling effect were investigated. It was found that an optimum inner radius and thickness of the tube should be considered to design an LHS system. Better co-efficient of performance (COP) was observed for higher inlet air temperature while the outlet air temperature was almost identical. In this study, the COP of cooling was found 4.16 for 34.5 degrees C inlet air temperature using tube with 5.35 mm inner radius and 1 mm thickness. Some important thermophysical properties of heptadecane e.g. specific heat, thermal conductivity and density at liquid state were also examined and found 2.66 kJ kg(-1) K-1, 0.151 W m(-1) K-1 and 774 kg m(-3), respectively. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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spelling um.eprints-154442015-12-30T08:28:42Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/15444/ Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study Anisur, M.R. Kibria, M.A. Mahfuz, M.H. Saidur, R. Metselaar, I.H.S.C. T Technology (General) A shell and tube latent heat storage (LHS) system using heptadecane with melting point 22.33 degrees C for active cooling of air has been analyzed analytically and experimentally in this paper. A theoretical model of laminar forced convection with varying wall temperature due to phase change material (PCM) outside a double wall circular tube and air as heat transfer fluid (HTF) inside a tube was employed to analyze active cooling of air. The analytical prediction in terms of outlet temperature was validated with experimental data. Furthermore, influences of some important design parameters (e.g. inner radius and thickness of the tube) on cooling effect were investigated. It was found that an optimum inner radius and thickness of the tube should be considered to design an LHS system. Better co-efficient of performance (COP) was observed for higher inlet air temperature while the outlet air temperature was almost identical. In this study, the COP of cooling was found 4.16 for 34.5 degrees C inlet air temperature using tube with 5.35 mm inner radius and 1 mm thickness. Some important thermophysical properties of heptadecane e.g. specific heat, thermal conductivity and density at liquid state were also examined and found 2.66 kJ kg(-1) K-1, 0.151 W m(-1) K-1 and 774 kg m(-3), respectively. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Elsevier 2014 Article PeerReviewed Anisur, M.R. and Kibria, M.A. and Mahfuz, M.H. and Saidur, R. and Metselaar, I.H.S.C. (2014) Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study. Energy and Buildings, 85. pp. 98-106.
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Kibria, M.A.
Mahfuz, M.H.
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Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title_full Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title_fullStr Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title_full_unstemmed Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title_short Cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement: Analytical and experimental study
title_sort cooling of air using heptadecane phase change material in shell and tube arrangement analytical and experimental study
topic T Technology (General)
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