Heat transfer improvement between a pair of heater and cooler inside an energy storage by using nano-encapsulated phase change material/water: A numerical modeling

• Main Authors: Cao, Yan, Farouk, Naeim, Ayed, Hamdi, Aly, Ayman A., Jarad, Fahd, Dahari, Mahidzal, Wae-hayee, Makatar, Saleh, B.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/43071/

In the present study, the natural convection flow of water with Nano-encapsulated phase change material (NPCM) was simulated inside an insulated chamber, which a pair of pipes were considered as a heater and cooler sources with the boundary condition of uniform temperature. The NPCM's core was...