Title

Encapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry Flow In Manifold Microchannels

Abstract

The heat transfer performance of microencapsulated phase change material slurry (MEPCM) flow inside manifold microchannels was numerically investigated and results were compared with experiments. Experiments were performed using water-based MEPCM suspensions in channels with hydraulic diameter of 170 μm. The average particle diameter is 5 μm. Numerical study was performed to compare the results with experiments and perform a parametric study with nano-sized particles. For the second set of numerical study, two different microchannel hydraulic diameters, 170 μm and 47 μm were considered. Two different base fluids were considered and the heat transfer enhancement of slurry with different particle mass concentrations compared to its base fluid was presented. For developing flows, the performance of phase change material slurry depends on various parameters such as base fluid thermal conductivity, channel dimensions, amount of specific heat used and the particle mass concentration. Copyright © 2009 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Publication Title

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

77958467738 (Scopus)

Source API URL

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