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Thermal characteristics of paraffin in a spherical capsule during freezing and melting processes.

Author(s) : CHO K., CHOI S. H.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Experiments were performed with paraffin, i.e. n-tetradecane, and a mixture of n-tetradecane (40%) and n-hexadecane (60%) and water. The parameters were the Reynolds number and the inlet temperature during the freezing process and initial temperature during the melting process for a PCM-thermal-storage system. Among other results, it is found that the average heat-transfer coefficients for paraffin were larger by a maximum of 40% than those for water during the freezing and melting processes.

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  • Original title: Thermal characteristics of paraffin in a spherical capsule during freezing and melting processes.
  • Record ID : 2001-1701
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 43 - n. 17
  • Publication date: 2000/09

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