Numerical investigation of free-cooling system using plate type PCM storage

被引：76
作者：
Darzi, A. A. Rabienataj [1 ]
Moosania, S. M. [2 ]
Tan, F. L. [3 ]
Farhadi, M. [4 ]
机构：
[1] Islamic Azad Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Sari Branch, Sari, Iran
[2] Tsinghua Univ, State Key Lab Automot Safety & Energy, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[3] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Mech & Aerosp Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore
[4] Babol Univ Technol, Fac Mech Engn, Babol Sar, Iran
来源：
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER | 2013年 / 48卷
关键词：
Phase change material; Free cooling; Thermal performance; Plate type storage; HEAT; BUILDINGS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.08.025
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Free cooling night ventilation is the process of storing the coolness in the night time and releasing this coolness in hot day time. In this paper, a numerical study was carried out to simulate and to find out the optimum design for plate type storage filled with phase change material (PCM) which is used in night ventilation systems. The effect of different parameters such as thickness of PCM-plates, inlet air temperature and air mass flow rates on melting front, cooling power, outlet temperature and thermal performance of heat exchanger was studied. The results showed that cooling power can be increased by increasing the mass flow rate. Also, the thickness of the plates in the storage device plays an important role in the thermal performance of the unit and has a linear relation with the melting process duration of PCM for considered configuration. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数：9
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