A Study on the Heat Transfer Enhancement of Phase Change Energy Storage of CH3COONa·3H2O

Kai Xiang Yu, Hao Peng, Xiang Ling

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Abstract

A study was carried out on the thermal property analysis of different ratio CH3COONa·3H2O phase change materials by differential scanning calorimetry. The results show that the mass ratio with 97.0%∶1.5%∶1.5% of phase change material has the maximum enthalpy and can effectively improve the undercooling and phase separation. Starting from improving the structure of heat storage unit, a heat exchanging device with phase change material was designed and built for an experimental study on the characteristics of heat storage and release of the material. Determined the curves of temperature change with time of the CH3COONa·3H2O in different unit structure. The effects law of different flow rate, different pipe diameter and inner fin on the heat storage and heat release process are revealed. Through the analysis it is found that increasing the inner fin can effectively improve the heat transfer efficiency of phase change material in heat storage unit, the melting time and solidification time decreases 27% and 33% respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPetrochemical Equipment
Volume47
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Differential scanning calorimetry
  • Heat transfer enhancement
  • Inner fin
  • Phase change material

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