Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-6-221-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-6-221-2015
Research article
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07 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2015

Thermal analysis of PCM containing heat exchanger enhanced with normal annular fines

M. J. Hosseini, M. Rahimi, and R. Bahrampoury

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In this study, the effect of fins’ height and Stefan number on performance of a shell and tube heat exchanger which contains a phase change material is investigated numerically and experimentally.Melting time, solidification time, liquid mass fraction, melting and solidification front and temperature distribution in different directions (longitudinal, radial and angular) are among criteria for the heat exchangers’ comparison.