TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient latent heat storage characteristics of the shape-stabilized polyethylene pellets by condensed heat
AU - Inaba, Hideo
AU - Yoneda, Akira
AU - Horibe, Akihiko
AU - Ozaki, Koichi
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - This paper deals with the transient heat storage characteristics of high-density polyethylene pellets used as a latent heat storage material by the condensed heat from the ethylene glycol vapor. The polyethylene pellets are fabricated by the shape-stabilization treatment in which the molten pellets maintain the same shape as the solidified ones. The polyethylene pellets packed in the cylindrical heat storage vessel are melted by the condensed heat from the flowing vapor. The effects of vapor temperature, flow rate and the amount of the pellets on the latent heat storage characteristics are investigated experimentally. Moreover, the vapor movement among the packed pellets is enhanced by using the partition plate in the pellets layer. The nondimensional correlation equations of the completion time of heat storage are defined in terms of various nondimensional parameters.
AB - This paper deals with the transient heat storage characteristics of high-density polyethylene pellets used as a latent heat storage material by the condensed heat from the ethylene glycol vapor. The polyethylene pellets are fabricated by the shape-stabilization treatment in which the molten pellets maintain the same shape as the solidified ones. The polyethylene pellets packed in the cylindrical heat storage vessel are melted by the condensed heat from the flowing vapor. The effects of vapor temperature, flow rate and the amount of the pellets on the latent heat storage characteristics are investigated experimentally. Moreover, the vapor movement among the packed pellets is enhanced by using the partition plate in the pellets layer. The nondimensional correlation equations of the completion time of heat storage are defined in terms of various nondimensional parameters.
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaib.63.605_282
DO - 10.1299/kikaib.63.605_282
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030684977
SN - 0387-5016
VL - 63
SP - 282
EP - 289
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
IS - 605
ER -