Compression effect of metal foam on melting phase change in a shell-and-tube unit

Design and assessments on a hybrid pin fin-metal foam structure towards enhancing melting heat transfer: An experimental study

“…Buonomo et al [36] used Darcy-Fochheimer's law and local thermal equilibrium model to numerically describe the heat transfer between metal foam and PCM. Guo et al [37] attempted to investigate the influences of compression upon melting of paraffin-foam hybrid. Compared with uncompressed foam, observations revealed that compression had a predominated effect on melting, at a reduction rate of 13.9% in melting time.…”

Thermal Management of the Melting Process in a Latent Heat Triplex Tube Storage System Using Different Configurations of Frustum Tubes

“…Also, they detected that an 84.7% improvement in melting uniformity was achieved by a non-uniform design. Guo et al [52] studied the compression effect of metal foam on melting phase change in a shell-and-tube unit. Yang et al [53] investigated the effect of fin number on the melting phase change in a horizontal finned shell-and-tube thermal energy storage unit, and they found that the melting time can maximally be saved as high as 72.85% by increasing fin number.…”

Experimental investigation of air cooler using local palm tree waste

“…Several investigations have been carried out by different researchers to improve the performance of the EC system. The major factors that significantly affect the performance of the EC system are air flow rate, condition of ambient air like dry bulb temperature, humidity, etc., the water flow rate through the cooling pads, thickness, density, and material of cooling pads [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. The selection of the wet media pad material depends on many factors such as safety, cost, availability, effectiveness, and application [ 14 ].…”