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Phase Change Materials-Assisted Heat Flux Reduction: Experiment and Numerical Analysis

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  • Hussein J. Akeiber

    (High-Speed Reacting Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor 81310, Malaysia)

  • Seyed Ehsan Hosseini

    (High-Speed Reacting Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor 81310, Malaysia)

  • Mazlan A. Wahid

    (High-Speed Reacting Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor 81310, Malaysia)

  • Hasanen M. Hussen

    (Machine and Mechanical Department, University of Technology, Baghdad 35023, Iraq)

  • Abdulrahman Th. Mohammad

    (Baqubah Technical Institute, Middle Technical University, Baghdad 06800, Iraq)

Abstract

Phase change materials (PCM) in the construction industry became attractive because of several interesting attributes, such as thermo-physical parameters, open air atmospheric condition usage, cost and the duty structure requirement. Thermal performance optimization of PCMs in terms of proficient storage of a large amount of heat or cold in a finite volume remains a challenging task. Implementation of PCMs in buildings to achieve thermal comfort for a specific climatic condition in Iraq is our main focus. From this standpoint, the present paper reports the experimental and numerical results on the lowering of heat flux inside a residential building using PCM, which is composed of oil (40%) and wax (60%). This PCM (paraffin), being plentiful and cost-effective, is extracted locally from waste petroleum products in Iraq. Experiments are performed with two rooms of identical internal dimensions in the presence and absence of PCM. A two-dimensional numerical transient heat transfer model is developed and solved using the finite difference method. A relatively simple geometry is chosen to initially verify the numerical solution procedure by incorporating in the computer program two-dimensional elliptic flows. It is demonstrated that the heat flux inside the room containing PCM is remarkably lower than the one devoid of PCM.

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  • Hussein J. Akeiber & Seyed Ehsan Hosseini & Mazlan A. Wahid & Hasanen M. Hussen & Abdulrahman Th. Mohammad, 2016. "Phase Change Materials-Assisted Heat Flux Reduction: Experiment and Numerical Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-17, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:9:y:2016:i:1:p:30-:d:61838
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