Numerical Simulation of Solar Air Heater using Paraffin Wax-Aluminum Compound as Phase Changing Material
| Autor: | K. S. Rawat, Prabhakar Bhandari, Atul Kumar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Paraffin Wax General Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Phase-change material Cylinder (engine) law.invention Solar Air Heater Thermal conductivity Phase Changing Material chemistry law Paraffin wax Aluminium Freezing time Phase (matter) Mass flow rate General Earth and Planetary Sciences Aluminium powder Composite material General Environmental Science Aluminum |
| Zdroj: | Aptisi Transactions on Technopreneurship (ATT); Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): September; 164-170 Aptisi Transactions On Technopreneurship (ATT); Vol 3 No 2 (2021): September; 164-170 |
| ISSN: | 2655-8807 2656-8888 |
| DOI: | 10.34306/att.v3i2 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a theoretical investigation of solar air heater using phase change material (PCM). PCM used in present configuration is homogenous mixture of paraffin wax with Aluminium powder. The purpose of using Aluminium powder with paraffin wax is to increase the thermal conductivity. PCM mixtures are encapsulated in cylinders and are used as solar absorbers. Using MATLAB program, the effect of different parameters is studied. It has been observed that with increase in mass flow rate, air outlet temperature decreases and freezing time of cylinder decreases. However, at constant mass flow rate, with increase in cylinder radius, air temperature decreases and while freezing time increase sharply. The different parameters have to be chosen such that performance of solar air heater can be optimized. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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