Incorporation of nanomaterial for the thermal management of the solidification process in mechanical storage

Figures & data

Figure 1. Progress of freezing with nanomaterial.

Figure 2. A denser mesh near the ice front.

Figure 3. Testing accommodation of the code with Ref. [33,34].

Figure 5. How ϕ can change the freezing behaviour.

Figure 6. Augmentation of the speed of process with growing ϕ.

Figure 7. Time-dependent functions with the augmentation of ϕ.

Figure 8. Augmentation of the speed of process with growing m.

Figure 9. Time-dependent functions with the augmentation of m.

Figure 10. Freezing time for different ranks of ϕ and m.

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