Melting heat transfer enhancement of a horizontal latent heat storage unit by fern-fractal fins

• 作 者: Zilong Deng Suchen Wu Hao Xu Y
• 机 构: KeyLaboratoryofEnergyThermalConversionandControlofMinistryofEducation,JiangsuKeyLaboratoryofMicroand
• 出 处: 中国化学工程学报:英文版
• 发表日期: 2020年11期
• 关键词: Multiscale FRACTAL Numerical simulation Heat storage Optimization
• 基金项目: supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFB1504301),National Natural Science Foundation of China(51725602,51906039),Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20180405)

The latent heat storage(LHS)technique is of crucial importance in chemical energy engineering.Inspired by multi-bifurcated fern leaves,a mimic fern-fractal fin is designed to improve the thermal energy charging efficiency.This paper develops a transient m