• 文献标题:   A numerical investigation of heat transfer process in paraffin/ethylene-vinyl acetate/graphene aerogel ternary composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU X, YANG WB, FENG ZC, LI YS, HE FF, FAN JH, WANG RC, ZHANG K, YAN HJ
  • 作者关键词:   paraffin, ethylenevinyl acetate, graphene aerogel, ternary composite, volumeaveraged method, twotemperature model
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   1359-4311 EI 1873-5606
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116800 EA MAR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Melting and solidification heat transfer characteristics of different paraffin/ethylene-vinyl acetate/graphene aemgel (Pa/EVA/GA) composites were predicted by the volume-averaged method (VAM). In parameter settings, Pa/EVA was treated as fluid, and GA was set to solid. The two-temperature model based on the assumption of local thermal nonequilibrium was adopted to solve the large difference in thermal conductivity between GA and Pa/EVA. The simulation results were validated by experimental data. The numerical results denoted that GA and EVA significantly improved heat transfer performance of Pa and reduced the melting/solidification time. The heat transfer of the composites was dominated by heat conduction, as the three-dimensional skeleton of GA and the high viscosity of EVA inhibited the natural convection of paraffin. Compared with Pa/EVA(0)/GA, Pa/EVA(5)/GA and Pa/EVA(10)/GA had a higher surface heat flux, decreased the velocity of paraffin, and had a more even temperature distribution.