Leaf-vein bionic fin configurations for enhanced thermal energy storage performance of phase change materials in smart heating and cooling systems
dc.contributor.author | Yan, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Fan, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Han, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Ding, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Elbarghthi, AFA | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Y | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-09T09:30:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-06-08 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-06-09T08:33:15Z | |
dc.description.abstract | In the present study, we investigated the effect of different structures of a novel leaf vein bionic fin and various arrangements in the tube on the complete melting time of phase change materials (PCM) in a triplex-tube thermal energy storage (TES) system. RT82 was adopted as the phase change material. The enthalpy-porosity method was employed for this numerical study. The numerical model was validated against experimental data from a previous reference. The simulation results demonstrate that the novel fins deliver significant reductions in the duration of complete melting. Based on fin-branched vein numbers of 1, 2 and 3, increasing the fin angle from 30◦ to 60◦ can reduce the complete melting time by up to 14.3%. Additionally, adjusting the fin arrangement can save up to 6.35% of the complete melting time. The proper arrangement of the fins can improve the heat transfer performance of the PCM. The non-dimensional quantities analysis of the calculated results shows that the melting time is negatively correlated with the non-dimensional angle. As the non-dimensional parameter, fin arrangement number decreases from 1, the complete melting time corresponding to the fins of different structures first decreases and then increases for the phase change material. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Technical University of Liberec | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 121352-121352 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 346, article 121352 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121352 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | SGS-2023-5323 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133321 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-4445-1589 (Wen, Chuang) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 36454182800 (Wen, Chuang) | |
dc.identifier | ResearcherID: I-5663-2016 (Wen, Chuang) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Energy storage | en_GB |
dc.subject | Melting performance | en_GB |
dc.subject | Phase change material | en_GB |
dc.subject | Thermal energy storage | en_GB |
dc.subject | Leaf vein bionic fin | en_GB |
dc.subject | Heating and cooling | en_GB |
dc.title | Leaf-vein bionic fin configurations for enhanced thermal energy storage performance of phase change materials in smart heating and cooling systems | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-09T09:30:34Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-2619 | |
exeter.article-number | 121352 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: Data will be made available on request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1872-9118 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Applied Energy | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Applied Energy, 346 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-05-25 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-06-08 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-06-09T09:28:02Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-06-09T09:30:36Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-06-08 |
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