DTIC ADA597348: Modeling Phase Change Material in pdf

DTIC ADA597348: Modeling Phase Change Material in

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Heat transfer of phase change material (PCM) in an open cell micro-foam structure was numerically studied. A high constant temperature was specified at the top surface of the structure. Each unit of the micro-foam is a body-centered-cubic (BCC) lattice embedded with spherical micro-pores. Two different simulation methodologies were applied. One is the high-fidelity direct numerical simulation (DNS), which allows for the effective thermo-physical parameters to be derived. The other methodology is a volume-averaged simulation based on one- and two-temperature models. Our results show that the volume-averaged simulation can accurately and efficiently capture the phase change process in PCM/micro-foam systems, with the effective thermal conductivity derived from direct simulations and expressed as a power law of porosity

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 1/1/2014
• Year: 2014
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, , AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH POWER AND CONTROL DIV, *FOAM, HEAT TRANSFER, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, SIMULATION, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

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