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Freezing and melting of water in spherical enclosures of the type used in thermal (ice) storage systems.

Author(s) : EAMES I. W., ADREF K. T.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The results include semi-empirical equations that allow the mass of ice within a sphere to be predicted at any time during the freezing or melting processes. These equations will be useful in modelling the dynamic behaviour of thermal (ice) storage using spherical elements as phase change. The apparatus, method and results are described. A novel method which was used to measure the water-ice interface position during the freezing process is also described. Several interesting results were obtained from this study.

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  • Original title: Freezing and melting of water in spherical enclosures of the type used in thermal (ice) storage systems.
  • Record ID : 2002-2921
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 22 - n. 7
  • Publication date: 2002/04

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