Autor según el artículo: Seta, B; Sánchez, PS; Dubert, D; Massons, J; Gavaldà, J; Porter, J; Bou-Ali, MM; Ruiz, X; Shevtsova, V
Departamento: Química Física i Inorgànica
Autor/es de la URV: Dubert, Diana Cristina / Gavaldà Martínez, Josefa / Masons Bosch, Jaime
Palabras clave: Thermocapillary effect Phase-change materials Phase change materials Microgravity Melting thermocapillary effect solidification reduction performance number nepcm microgravity melting heat convection
Resumen: The melting of a phase change material (PCM) in a cuboidal domain under microgravity conditions is investigated numerically. The upper surface of the PCM is free (in contact with air, for example) and variations in its surface tension drive thermocapillary convection in the liquid phase, which significantly enhances heat transfer and accelerates melting. Furthermore, the change in liquid fraction during melting is associated with transitions among various modes of thermocapillary dynamics, including an oscillatory instability to hydrothermal waves. While the characteristics of PCM melting and thermocapillary dynamics have previously been investigated in this system using a two-dimensional model, the current work examines the important question of transverse dynamics and their effect on the melting process. Careful quantitative comparisons are made between the three- and two-dimensional models in terms of melting times, solid/liquid interface evolution, thermal fields, and spectrograms. The results show that transverse modes are often, but not always, reflection symmetric about the midplane and that their influence on melting and PCM performance is relatively minor in most cases. Thus, two-dimensional models may be used to reduce computational costs while still providing a reasonable approximation of the melting process for high Prandtl number materials, especially when compared to the midplane of the full cuboidal domain.
Áreas temáticas: Thermodynamics Química Mechanics Interdisciplinar General chemical engineering Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Condensed matter physics Ciências biológicas i Chemical engineering (miscellaneous) Chemical engineering (all) Biotecnología Atomic and molecular physics, and optics Astronomia / física
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: dianacristina.dubert@urv.cat fina.gavalda@urv.cat jaume.masons@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-7308-5872 0000-0001-7881-4192 0000-0003-4325-6084
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-05-11
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735193323005870
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: International Communications In Heat And Mass Transfer. 150
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Seta, B; Sánchez, PS; Dubert, D; Massons, J; Gavaldà, J; Porter, J; Bou-Ali, MM; Ruiz, X; Shevtsova, V (2024). Three-dimensional effects during thermocapillary-driven melting of PCMs in cuboidal containers in microgravity. International Communications In Heat And Mass Transfer, 150(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.107198
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.107198
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2024
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications