Solidification of Nano-enhanced Phase Change Material (nepcm) in an Enclosure

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 21 - 27 http://dx.doi.org/10.22436/jmcs.08.01.02

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M. Hosseini - Islamic Azad University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qaemshahr Branch, Iran. M. Shirvani - Islamic Azad University, Department of computer Engineering, Babol Branch, Iran. A. Azarmanesh - Babol University Pnu, Department of Indutsrial Engineering P. O. Box: 484, Babol, Iran.

Abstract

The effects of nanoparticle dispersion \((\phi= 0, 0.025, 0.05)\) on solidification of different type of mixture of nanofluids namely, Cu-water, \(TiO_2\)-Water and \(Al_2O_3\)-Water nanofluid inside a vertical enclosure are investigated numerically for different Grashof number \(( Gr=10^4 ,10^5 ,10^6 )\). An enthalpy porosity technique is used to trace the solid and liquid interface. Comparisons with previously published works show the accuracy of the obtained results. A maximum of 16% decrease in solidification time for \(Gr=10^6\) in comparison with \(Gr=10^5\) was found with the Cu nanoparticles and 0.2% volume fraction. It was observed that dispersion of nanoparticles can be used to control the solidification time based on enhancing conduction heat transfer mechanism of solidification.

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Keywords

• Nanoparticle
• Nanofluid
• Solidification
• Phase change material.

MSC

•  76T99
•  76T20
•  76R10
•  80A22
•  80A20

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