Employing spiral fins to improve the thermal performance of phase-change materials in shell-tube latent heat storage units
Fan He, Renfei Bo, Chenxi Hu, Xi Meng, Weijun Gao
Topics & Concepts
FinMaterials scienceNatural convectionHeat transferNusselt numberMechanicsSpiral (railway)Phase-change materialHeat transfer enhancementAnnular finThermal conductivityThermal energy storageConvective heat transferEnhanced heat transferThermalThermodynamicsConvectionMechanical engineeringHeat transfer coefficientComposite materialEngineeringPhysicsReynolds numberTurbulencePhase Change Materials ResearchSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsAdsorption and Cooling Systems