Numerical investigation of the effect of the number of fins on the phase-change material melting inside a shell-and-tube cylindrical thermal energy storage

dc.authorid Chan, Choon Kit/0000-0001-7478-7334
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dc.authorwosid Rashid, Farhan/M-6680-2017
dc.authorwosid Chan, Choon Kit/ISA-5435-2023
dc.authorwosid Khalaf, Abbas/JWP-4751-2024
dc.authorwosid Chan, Choon Kit/G-4631-2013
dc.contributor.author Rashid, Farhan Lafta
dc.contributor.author Khalaf, Abbas Fadhil
dc.contributor.author Alizadeh, As'ad
dc.contributor.author Al-Obaidi, Mudhar A.
dc.contributor.author Salahshour, Soheil
dc.contributor.author Chan, Choon Kit
dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-11T07:41:52Z
dc.date.available 2024-09-11T07:41:52Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Rashid, Farhan Lafta; Khalaf, Abbas Fadhil] Univ Kerbala, Dept Petr Engn, Engn Coll, Karbala 56001, Iraq; [Alizadeh, As'ad] Cihan Univ Erbil, Coll Engn, Dept Civil Engn, Erbil, Iraq; [Al-Obaidi, Mudhar A.] Middle Tech Univ, Tech Inst Baquba, Baquba 32001, Iraq; [Al-Obaidi, Mudhar A.] Middle Tech Univ, Tech Instructor Training Inst, Baghdad 10074, Iraq; [Salahshour, Soheil] Istanbul Okan Univ, Fac Engn & Nat Sci, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Salahshour, Soheil] Bahcesehir Univ, Fac Engn & Nat Sci, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Salahshour, Soheil] Lebanese Amer Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Math, Beirut, Lebanon; [Chan, Choon Kit] INTI Int Univ, Fac Engn & Quant Surveying, Nilai 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia en_US
dc.description Chan, Choon Kit/0000-0001-7478-7334 en_US
dc.description.abstract A numerical analysis of the fin count that affects phase change material (PCM) melting within a cylindrical shell-and-tube thermal energy storage (TES) is provided. Using the ANSYS/FLUENT 16 tool, the enthalpy-porosity combination was quantitatively evaluated. PCMs made of paraffin wax were used in this experiment (RT42). The results of this investigation show that fins significantly affect melting, which reduces the time required to finish the operation. Since melting relies on natural convection, which has a sluggish rate of heat transfer, the process takes longer when there are no fins. The melting process takes 900 min to finish. The melting fraction grew monotonically with the number of fins, and the curve had an initial sharp trend followed by a gradual one. When more PCMs transitioned from a solid state to a liquid state over time, the pace at which they melted decreased, and the thermal resistance between the solid-liquid interface and the heat transfer surface increased. With the same heat storage effect, the maximum time difference was 236 min, and the biggest time difference was caused by the number of fins at 81.4 %. The total melting time was greatly affected by the number of fins in the design. en_US
dc.description.woscitationindex Science Citation Index Expanded
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.csite.2024.104754
dc.identifier.issn 2214-157X
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85197495842
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.104754
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/6250
dc.identifier.volume 60 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001283973800001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.institutionauthor Salahshour S.
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 8
dc.subject Melting process en_US
dc.subject Phase-changing materials en_US
dc.subject Fins en_US
dc.subject Heat transfer en_US
dc.subject District heat en_US
dc.subject Thermal energy storage (TES) en_US
dc.title Numerical investigation of the effect of the number of fins on the phase-change material melting inside a shell-and-tube cylindrical thermal energy storage en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 7

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