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CFD Analysis of Phase Changing Material in Different Geometries - A Review

Author(s):

Md Jamil Akhtar , ORIENTAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL; Prof. Namraj Garhewal, ORIENTAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL

Keywords:

Melting Time; Phase Change Material; Paraffin Wax; Heat Storage; Geometries Configuration; CFD Analysis

Abstract

The melting behavior of a paraffin wax (A Phase Changing Material) in different geometries and configurations has been analyzed. The paraffin wax has been selected for the phase changing material. The various geometries are tapered vessel with hot wall outside, hemisphere section with hot wall outside and cylinder with hot wall outside. A 3-dimentional analysis of each geometry based on pressure a CFD analysis of model has been created in Fluent for simulating the Melting process. The most initial step in FEA is Pre-processing which is used to build and analyze a fluid flow model. It consists building of the models and then applying the mesh and entering the boundary conditions. Another software is CATIA, it is a mechanical design software which is used to create 3D modelling as it helps a designer to build and then mesh a model for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and various scientific applications. FLUENT is a computer program for fluid flow modeling and transfer of heat in various types of complex geometries. It provides complete flexibility of meshing, including the ability of solving fluid flow problems using structured otherwise unstructured meshes those can be generated about complex geometries. The main aim of this study is to optimize the melting rate by changing the geometry of the object. Finally, the results calculated have been discussed in detail.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV7I80038
Published in: Volume : 7, Issue : 8
Publication Date: 01/11/2019
Page(s): 11-13

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