Experimental Investigations on Latent Heat Storage Unit using Paraffin Wax as Phase Change Material

Thermal performance of a latent heat storage unit is evaluated experimentally. The latent heat thermal energy storage system analyzed in this work is a shell-and-tube type of heat exchanger using paraffin wax (melting point between 58°C and 60°C) as the phase change material. The temperature distribution in the phase change material is measured with time. The influence of mass flow rate and inlet temperature of the heat transfer fluid on heat fraction is examined for both the melting and solidification processes. The mass flow rate of heat transfer fluid (water) is varied in the range of 0.0167 kg/s to 0.0833 kg/s (1 kg/min to 5 kg/min), and the fluid inlet temperature is varied between 75°C and 85°C. The experimental results indicate that the total melting time of the phase change material increases as the mass flow rate and inlet temperature of heat transfer fluid decrease. The fluid inlet temperature influences the heat fraction considerably as compared to the mass flow rate of heat transfer fluid during the melting process of the phase change material.     

Experimental study on the heat transfer characteristics of a new type flat micro heat pipe heat exchanger with latent heat thermal energy storage

An experimental energy storage system has been designed using a new type flat micro heat pipe heat exchanger that incorporates a moderate-temperature phase change material paraffin with a melting point of 58°C. The basic structure, working principles, and design concept are discussed. The heat transfer process during the charging and discharging of the heat exchanger under various operating conditions has been experimentally investigated. Results show that the performance of the new type flat micro heat pipe was steady and efficient during charging and discharging. The average thermal storage power and absorption efficiency have been determined to be approximately 537 W and 92.5%, respectively.     

Characterization of AZ91D Granules Covered with a Flux during In‐Situ Melting

Oxidation and melting behaviors of AZ91D granules throughout the in‐situ melting process using flux were investigated. The granules were heated under unprotected environment at four different temperatures between 650 and 800 °C, for the durations of 30 and 60 min. The products of heating process were characterized macroscopically and the oxides formed on the granules were examined using field emission scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction analysis. Thermal analysis was used to reveal the response of the granules to heating during the in‐situ melting. The results showed that the granules experienced severe oxidation even in the presence of the flux, and significant amount of them changed to a powdered state due to oxidation and combustion, especially at 800 °C. It was discovered that the granules melted during heating; however, oxides formed on their surface encapsulated the molten metal and prevented the liquids from merging. The results also revealed that increasing heating temperature and time enhanced mold‐magnesium reaction resulted in the entrance of mold materials into the oxidation residues.     

相变材料蓄能式低温热水采暖地板热性能模拟

提出了一种采用定形相变材料蓄能的低温热水采暖地板形式。为了研究定形相变材料蓄能式低温热水采暖地板的传热性能,建立了该地板的传热分析模型。分析了相变材料的相变温度对地板表面平均热流密度和蓄能比的影响;比较了相变材料潜热蓄能地板与混凝土显热蓄能地板的热性能差异。结果表明:定形相变材料地板停止加热后仍可以在较长时间内保持稳定的热流密度。同时定形相变材料地板具有较大的蓄能比,使其夜间蓄存的热量可被更多地用于日间供热。     

复合低温相变蓄冷材料的实验研究

提出自行研制的一种复合低温相变蓄冷材料,通过实验分析了该蓄冷材料的融点、相变潜热和凝固融化过程曲线.该材料由有机物和无机物混合而成,用示差扫描量热仪(DSC)来测定该蓄冷材料的融点、相变潜热;用低温冰箱测试凝固融化过程材料的均匀稳定性.实验结果表明,该材料具有良好的性能,适用于医药、食品、冰箱及冷库等蓄冷装置中.     

圆管内自由固体相变材料定热流接触熔化

针对水平圆管内自由固体相变材料储能时的吸热熔化,运用接触熔化理论建立定热流圆管热源接触熔化模型.运用Nusselt液膜理论,建立熔化控制方程,并求解得到无量纲熔化方程组.分析讨论不同工况下熔化速度、液膜层厚度和压力分布等熔化参数的变化规律,探讨各影响因素对熔化的影响,并与温差熔化结果进行比较,研究第二类热边界条件下的接触熔化规律.发现,熔化过程中随着固体高度的减小,接触熔化液膜厚度逐渐增大,使熔化速度降低;热流密度较小时,其变化对熔化影响显著.     

相变蓄冷材料制备及热性能研究

制备了一种空调用相变蓄冷材料,该蓄冷材料由两种相变材料(辛酸和软脂酸)组成,通过加热搅拌的方法将其制备成均匀的共晶相变蓄冷材料,实验分析了所研制的蓄冷材料的相变点、相变潜热等性能。测试结果表明该相变蓄冷材料具有适宜的相变温度和较高的相变潜热,可用作空调蓄冷材料。     

Preparation,characterization, and performance study of beeswax/expanded graphite composite as thermal storage material

In this study, beeswax as a new energy storage material and its composite with expanded graphite were prepared and characterized for their surface and thermal properties. Surface characterization showed no chemical interaction between beeswax and expanded graphite. The thermal conductivity of the composite was improved with 117% enhancement. The thermal performance of beeswax and its composite as a heat storage material was studied in a rectangular shell-and-tube thermal storage unit. The melting point of the composite remained almost same as that of beeswax; however, the melting time was reduced considerably, from 540 to 360 min with inlet water at 80°C and a 2-lpm flow rate.     

Lattice Boltzmann simulation on thermal performance of composite phase change material based on Voronoi models

Phase change materials(PCMs) are important for sustaining energy development. For the thermal performance enhancement, the composite PCM with metal foam reconstructed by the Voronoi method is investigated in this work. The lattice Boltzmann method(LBM) is used to analyze the melting process on a pore scale. The melting interface evolution and temperature contour of the composite PCM are explored and compared with those of pure PCM. Moreover, structure parameters including the pore density, porosity and irregularity are investigated comprehensively, indicating that the additive of metal foam strengthens the melting performance of PCM obviously. Compared with pure PCM, the composite PCM has quick rates of the melting front evolution and heat transfer. The heat conduction plays a great role in the whole melting process since the convection is weakened for the composite PCM. To improve the melting efficiency, a larger pore density and smaller irregularity are recommended in general. More significantly, a suitable porosity is determined based on the requirement for the balance between the melting rate and heat storage capacity in practical engineering.     

微结构表面封闭式喷雾冷却传热特性

以蒸馏水为工质,在闭式循环喷雾冷却系统上,变化喷雾流量,研究了表面几何结构对喷雾传热性能的影响。从对流换热和相变换热比例关系的角度,对喷雾换热机理进行了实验研究。结果表明:与光滑表面相比,微结构表面可明显增强喷雾换热强度,这主要归因于相变换热的增强。表面温度较低时,直肋面换热效果最好 ;增大流量,光面换热增强,而直肋面变化不明显。表面温度较高时,方肋面换热效果最好;随着流量增大,所有面换热均增强。对于微结构表面,相变换热份额均大于50%,故而以相变换热为主;而光滑表面,即使在温度较低时,相变换热份额也大于20%。临界热流密度与三相接触线长度正相关,流量为15.9 mL/min时,方肋面、直肋面和光面的临界热流密度依次为159.1,120.2,109.8 W/cm2,蒸发效率分别为96.0%,72.5%,67.1%。     

空调蓄冷材料研究现状及其新进展

分析了空调蓄冷材料研究现状及存在的一些问题 ,提出研制一种新型空调复合蓄冷材料 ,通过实验 ,分析该蓄冷材料的融点、融解热等热学性能。并通过实验研究寻找到了一种新型空调蓄冷材料 ,测试结果表明该蓄冷材料具有较高的相变潜热、适宜的相变温度和较好的热稳定性 ,因此可被应用于蓄冷空调系统中。     

The melting and solidification of nanowires

A mathematical model is developed to describe the melting of nanowires. The first section of the paper deals with a standard theoretical situation, where the wire melts due to a fixed boundary temperature. This analysis allows us to compare with existing results for the phase change of nanospheres. The equivalent solidification problem is also examined. This shows that solidification is a faster process than melting; this is because the energy transfer occurs primarily through the solid rather than the liquid which is a poorer conductor of heat. This effect competes with the energy required to create new solid surface which acts to slow down the process, but overall conduction dominates. In the second section, we consider a more physically realistic boundary condition, where the phase change occurs due to a heat flux from surrounding material. This removes the singularity in initial melt velocity predicted in previous models of nanoparticle melting. It is shown that even with the highest possible flux the melting time is significantly slower than with a fixed boundary temperature condition.     

泡沫金属对含油制冷剂管内流动沸腾换热特性的影响

实验研究了制冷剂-润滑油混合流体在内嵌泡沫金属圆管内流动沸腾的换热特性。泡沫金属为10ppi、90%孔隙率;制冷剂为R410A,润滑油为VG68,油浓度为0～5%。实验结果表明:纯制冷剂工况下,泡沫金属强化流动沸腾换热系数,换热系数提高30%～120%;含油工况下,泡沫金属只强化流动沸腾换热系数20%以下,在低质流密度或者高质流密度的高干度情况下出现恶化换热的情况。润滑油总是恶化制冷剂在内嵌泡沫金属圆管内流动沸腾的换热系数,换热系数最多恶化71%,且在低质流密度下对换热的恶化比在高质流密度工况下严重。     

Thermal energy storage behaviour of nanoparticle enhanced PCM during freezing and melting

The present research work aimed to investigate the melting and solidification characteristics of NPCM. The NPCM was prepared using paraffin as the PCM and high conductive MWCNT as the nanomaterial without using any dispersant. The NPCM was prepared by dispersing MWCNTs with volume fractions of 0.3%, 0.6% and 0.9% in PCM as the base PCM. SEM morphology showed the uniform dispersion of MWCNTs in the paraffin wax. The MWCNT nano-additives PCMs showed two peaks in the heating curve by DSC measurement. Lessening in melting and solidification time of 30% and 43% was attained in the case of NPCM with 0.3% and 0.9%, respectively. It is observed from the DSC analysis that the latent heat of pure paraffin during freezing and melting cycle was 139.2 J/g (at 56.61 °C) and 131.8 J/g (at 57.55 °C), respectively. Whereas, the latent heat of NPCM with 0.9% of nanofluid was 150.7 J/g (at 56.36 °C) and 148.3 J/g (58.35 °C). It is construed that a maximum change in latent heat of 7.6% and 11% was observed between pure PCM and NPCM during freezing and melting cycle. For the lesser nanoparticle concentration (0.3% and 0.6%), the percentage change in latent heat was lesser than 0.9%.     

Spreading of gallium on the surface of a contact layer of variable composition from the Pb–Bi system

An approach for obtaining substrates of variable composition of metal systems is proposed. The spreading of drops of gallium of uniform size on the surfaces of areas of variable composition, obtained via contact melting of the Bi-Pb system is studied. A change in the diameter of a spot is observed, depending on the position of the drop on the surface of the substrate. A change in the shape of the spot is observed, depending on the composition along the interface region. The need to use force to separate the crystallized drops from the surface of the substrate, depending on the positions of the gallium drops (i.e., the substrate’s composition) confirms the wettability upon spreading.     

Influence of sonication,temperature, and agitation,on the physical properties of a palm-based fat crystallized in a continuous system

High-intensity ultrasound (HIU) has been used in the past to change fat crystallization and physical properties of fat crystalline networks. The objective of this work was to evaluate how HIU placed on different positions in a scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) using different processing conditions affect the physical properties of an interesterified palm olein. The sample was crystallized at two temperatures (20 °C and 25 °C) and two agitation rates (344/208 rpm and 185/71 rpm, barrels/pin worker). HIU (12.7 mm-diameter tip, 50% amplitude, 5 s pulses) was placed at three different positions within the SSHE. After processing, samples were stored at 25 °C for 48 h and analyzed according to the crystal morphology, solid fat content (SFC), oil binding capacity (OBC), melting behavior, viscoelasticity, and hardness. Physical properties were affected by crystallization conditions, by sonication, and by HIU position. The greatest improvement obtained was at 20 °C using low agitation when HIU was placed at the beginning of the SSHE. These conditions result in a sample with 98.9% of OBC, 274 kPa of viscoelasticity and 31 N of hardness. These results show that HIU can be used as an additional processing tool to improve physical properties of a palm-based fat and that the best improvement was obtained as a combination of crystallization conditions and HIU position.     

Phase transition of nano-sized amorphous tungsten to a crystalline state

We study thermal-physical characteristics of nano-sized amorphous tungsten and of its oxide. It is shown that a nano-size amorphous metal gets into a nano-size crystalline state after heating up to temperatures much lower than the half-temperature of melting, which is typical for all nano-size amorphous materials. Phase transition of amorphous nano-size WO₂ into crystalline state occurs in the temperature range 350–520°C, while the same transition in case of W takes place in the range 1000–1370°C. The energy released at crystallization of nano-size amorphous metal amounts to 170±25 J/g coinciding practically with the value of specific melting heat of usual tungsten. Such a high additional energy of nano-size amorphous metals above the energy of nano-size crystalline metals is their main peculiarity which widens essentially the range of their practical applications.     

长脉冲等离子体放电下HT-7装置限制器温度变化及能流分析

 在HT-7托卡马克等离子体长脉冲放电过程中，作为直接面对等离子体的第一壁限制器表面的温度变化及其承受的能流密度的计算，对于判断限制器的作用和对等离子体的影响都有非常重要的意义。主要从测量到的距离限制器表面3mm处温度变化曲线,采用无限大平面模型计算限制器模头表面能量沉积的能流密度,并讨论了不同等离子体放电下局部点能流密度的差别。多数长脉冲放电下，少数局部点的温升超过1 000℃，最大能流密度超过10MW/m ²；但通过对等离子体位移的控制，局部点温升被抑制，高密度能流持续时间短，有利于长脉冲放电。同时对限制器结构和材料对模头温度的影响也做了比较详细的分析。