Heat Transfer Characteristics of the Melting Process of the Metal Foam/Paraffin Compound Material
YU Hang,LIU Fang,MENG Er lin and YAO Xin ling
DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2011.02.022
Received August 02, 2010,Revised , Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015
Volume ,2011,Pages 112-116
- Abstract
In order to enhance the heat transfer in the phase change heat storage device, a rectangular cavity filled with metal foam / paraffin wax is made. The melting heat storage experiment of foam metal / wax composite phase change material was carried out in the transverse wall temperature conditions. The temperature change curve is drawn according to different heating temperatures. Both the effects of natural convection in rectangular cavity on temperature distribution and the impact of heat transfer temperature difference on the thermal storage time are analyzed. The results show that the melting process of the paraffin in the body cavity is reinforced by the high thermal conductivity of copper foam. The remaining solid paraffin is accelerated to melt by the natural convection of the liquid paraffin formed near the heating surface; and the greater the heat transfer temperature difference is, the greater the natural convection is and the shorter the time for heat storage is.