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| Title: | Thermal performance enhancement of paraffin wax with AL 2O 3 and CuO nanoparticles - A numerical study | Authors: | Valan Arasu, A. Sasmito, A.P. Mujumdar, A.S. |
Keywords: | Melting Nanoparticle Paraffin wax Phase change material Solidification Thermal storage |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Citation: | Valan Arasu, A., Sasmito, A.P., Mujumdar, A.S. (2011). Thermal performance enhancement of paraffin wax with AL 2O 3 and CuO nanoparticles - A numerical study. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2 (4) : 1-7. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.4.3005 | Abstract: | The heat transfer enhancement of paraffin wax, a cheap and widely used latent heat thermal energy storage material, using nanoparticles is investigated. The effects of nanoparticle volume fraction on both the melting and solidification rates of paraffin wax are analysed and compared for Al 2O 3 and CuO nanoparticles. Present results show that dispersing nanoparticles in smaller volumetric fractions increase the heat transfer rate. The enhancement in thermal performance of paraffin wax is greater for Al 2O 3 compared with that for CuO nanoparticles. | Source Title: | Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/85791 | ISSN: | 21518629 | DOI: | 10.5098/hmt.v2.4.3005 |
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