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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
TEST OF TWO PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE
Submission Author:
Carlos Pinho , Portugal , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Luis Esteves, Ana Magalhaes, Victor Ferreira, Carlos Pinho
Presenter: Carlos Pinho
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2670
Abstract
Using a very simple experimental layout, some tests on the behavior of two phase change materials, during fusion and solidification processes, were accomplished. To do this, a system using thermal oil as the heat transfer carrier was used and the phase change material being tested operated in a fusion and solidification cycle. The heat transfer oil transferred heat to the phase change material during the fusion step and carried heat away from the change phase material during the solidification step. The influence of the mass flow rate of the heat transfer fluid, as well as of its temperature, in the response of the phase change material, was studied. Axial and radial temperature profiles inside the phase change materials were obtained during the experiments. One of the tested phase change materials was a salt while the other was an organic.
Keywords
Thermal Storage, Phase Change Materials, Heat transfer
