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Title: | Validation of a Simplified Numerical Model for Predicting Solid–Liquid Phase Change with Natural Convection in Ansys CFX | Authors: | Rosa, Nuno Soares, Nelson Costa, José Lopes, António Gameiro |
Keywords: | phase change material (PCM); additional heat source method (AHS); natural convection; computational fluid dynamics (CFD) | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | UIDB/50022/2020 FCT “AdsorSeason—Long-term adsorption solar thermal energy storage”, ref. 2022.03339.PTDC |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Inventions | Volume: | 8 | Issue: | 4 | Abstract: | This paper presents a numerical model for simulating melting and solidification driven by natural convection, and validates it against a previous experiment. The experiment involved filling a rectangular aluminum enclosure with RT28HC Phase Change Material (PCM) to 95% of its capacity. To investigate the thermal behavior of the PCM during phase change, the enclosure underwent independent heating and cooling procedures. The simulation was conducted using ANSYS CFX®, and the additional heat source (AHS) method was implemented in conjunction with the Boussinesq approximation to account for the latent heat during melting and solidification driven by natural convection. This allowed the calculation of temperature fields, the melted fraction, and fluid dynamics during phase change. The momentum equations were modified to include a source term that accounted for a gradual decrease in fluid velocity as the PCM transitions from solid to liquid. To account for density variation, an artificial specific heat curve was implemented based on the assumption that the product of density and specific heat remains constant during phase change. The proposed numerical model achieved good agreement with the experimental data, with an average root mean square error of 2.6% and 3.7% for temperature profiles during charging and discharging simulations, respectively. This model can be easily implemented in ANSYS CFX® and accurately predicts charging and discharging kinetics, as well as stored/released energy, without any numerical convergence issues. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/111984 | ISSN: | 2411-5134 | DOI: | 10.3390/inventions8040093 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Eng.Mecânica - Artigos em Revistas Nacionais |
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