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Numerical Model Of The Transient Effects Of A Heat Of Fusion Reservoir Interacting With Two-Phase Flow, Anne-Marie Bechard Thibodeau

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The object of this thesis is to develop a numerical model that simulates the transient behavior of a coaxial, thermal energy storage system consisting of a phase changing material ( P O interacting with a two-phase fluid. The purpose of this model would be to have a useful design tool that could be applied when sizing and building iceon- coil, cooling systems (ice-banks). The numerical model is an explicit finite volume approximation applied to the enthalpy method. It solves a two-dimensional, axisymrnetric, heat conduction problem with conjugate forced convection at its inner boundary. Natural convection is neglected in the PCM. …