Publication detail
Visual monitoring of the melting front propagation in a paraffin-based PCM
CHARVÁT, P. ŠTĚTINA, J. MAUDER, T. KLIMEŠ, L.
Czech title
Vizuální sledování šíření tání v paraffinbased PCM
English title
Visual monitoring of the melting front propagation in a paraffin-based PCM
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original abstract
Experiments were carried out in an environmental chamber with the aim to monitor the melting front propagation in a rectangular cavity filled with a paraffin-based Phase Change Material (PCM). The PCM was contained in transparent containers with the heat flux introduced by means of an electric heating element. The stabilized power source was used to maintain the constant heat output of the heating elements. The experiments were performed for the heat flux introduced at the side wall of the container and at the upper surface of the PCM. The paraffin-based PCM RT28HC with the phase change temperature of 28 °C was used in the experiments. The temperature in the environmental chamber was maintained at the melting temperature of the PCM. The propagation of the melting front was monitored with a digital camera and temperatures at several locations were monitored with RTDs and thermocouples. Significant natural convection was observed for the heat flux introduced at the side wall of the container. As a result the melting front propagated much faster at the top of the container than at its bottom. The heat flux introduced at the upper-surface of the PCM resulted in almost one-dimensional propagation of the melting front. The acquired data are to be used for validation of an in-house developed numerical model based on the fronttracking method.
Czech abstract
Experimenty byly prováděny v klimatizační komoře s cílem sledovat tání přední množení v obdélníkové dutiny naplněné s založené na parafín fáze změny materiálu (PCM). PCM bylo obsaženo v průhledných nádobách s tepelným tokem zavedena na základě elektrický topný prvek. Stabilizovaný napájecí zdroj byl použit k udržení konstantní tepelný výkon topných prvků. Experimenty byly provedeny pro tepelný tok představil na boční stěny nádoby a na horní povrch PCM. Parafín založené RT28HC PCM s fáze změny teploty 28 ° c byl použit v pokusech. Teplota v klimatizační komoře byla udržována teplota tání PCM. Šíření tání vpředu byla sledována s digitálním fotoaparátem a teploty na několika místech byly sledovány s RTDs a termočlánků. Významná přírodní konvekce byl pozorován u tepelný tok představil na boční stěny nádoby. V důsledku tání přední šíří mnohem rychleji v horní části kontejneru než na jejím dně. Teplo tok na povrchu horní PCM mělo za následek téměř jednorozměrné šíření tání fronty. Získaná data mají být použity pro ověření in-house vyvinuté numerického modelu na základě fronttracking Metoda.
English abstract
Experiments were carried out in an environmental chamber with the aim to monitor the melting front propagation in a rectangular cavity filled with a paraffin-based Phase Change Material (PCM). The PCM was contained in transparent containers with the heat flux introduced by means of an electric heating element. The stabilized power source was used to maintain the constant heat output of the heating elements. The experiments were performed for the heat flux introduced at the side wall of the container and at the upper surface of the PCM. The paraffin-based PCM RT28HC with the phase change temperature of 28 °C was used in the experiments. The temperature in the environmental chamber was maintained at the melting temperature of the PCM. The propagation of the melting front was monitored with a digital camera and temperatures at several locations were monitored with RTDs and thermocouples. Significant natural convection was observed for the heat flux introduced at the side wall of the container. As a result the melting front propagated much faster at the top of the container than at its bottom. The heat flux introduced at the upper-surface of the PCM resulted in almost one-dimensional propagation of the melting front. The acquired data are to be used for validation of an in-house developed numerical model based on the fronttracking method.
Keywords in Czech
Pozice fronty, PCM, experimentální měření
Keywords in English
Front propagation, PCM, experimantal measurement
Released
15.11.2016
Publisher
EDP Sciences
ISSN
2100-014X
Book
Proceedings of the International Conference Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2016
Volume
143
Number
1
Pages from–to
284–288
Pages count
5
BIBTEX
@inproceedings{BUT129892,
author="Pavel {Charvát} and Josef {Štětina} and Tomáš {Mauder} and Lubomír {Klimeš},
title="Visual monitoring of the melting front propagation in a paraffin-based PCM",
booktitle="Proceedings of the International Conference Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2016 ",
year="2016",
volume="143",
number="1",
month="November",
pages="284--288",
publisher="EDP Sciences",
issn="2100-014X"
}