Laminar Flow Forced Convection Heat Transfer Behavior of a Phase Change Material Fluid in Finned Tubes Academic Article

abstract

• The heat transfer behavior of phase change material fluid (PCM) under laminar flow conditions in circular tubes and internally longitudinal finned tubes was studied. An effective specific heat technique was used to model the phase change process. Heat transfer results for a smooth circular tube with PCM fluid were obtained under hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed conditions. Results for the finned tube were obtained using the H2 and T boundary conditions. It was determined that the Nusselt number was strongly dependent on the Stefan number, fin thermal conductivity value, and height of the fins.

authors

• Alvarado, Jorge

published proceedings

• NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER PART A-APPLICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

• Ravi, G., Alvarado, J. L., Marsh, C., & Kessler, D. A.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Ravi, Gurunarayana||Alvarado, Jorge L||Marsh, Charles||Kessler, David A

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/10407780902864672

start page

• 721

end page

• 738

volume

• 55

issue

• 8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10407780902864672