Publication Cover
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 71, 2017 - Issue 1
273
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Numerical simulation of contact melting using the cell-splitting modified enthalpy method

&
Pages 84-107 | Received 05 Sep 2016, Accepted 07 Sep 2016, Published online: 05 Jan 2017

References

  • H. Yoo, H. Hong, and C. Kim, Effects on Transverse Convection and Solid-Liquid Density Difference on the Steady Close-Contact Melting, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 368–373, 1998. doi:10.1016/S0142-727X(98)10011-5.
  • D. Groulx and M. Lacroix, Effects of Convection and Inertia on Close Contact Melting, Int. J. Therm. Sci., vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 1073–1080, 2003. doi:10.1016/S1290-0729(03)00096-6.
  • D. Groulx and M. Lacroix, Study of the Effect of Convection on Close Contact Melting of High Prandtl Number Substances, Int. J. Therm. Sci., vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 213–220, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.04.017.
  • H. Yoo, Analytical Solutions to the Unsteady Close-Contact Melting on a Flat Plate, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1457–1467, 2000. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00221-5.
  • M. Lacroix, Contact Melting of a Phase Change Material Inside a Heated Parallelepedic Capsule, Energ. Convers. Manage., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 35–47, 2001. doi:10.1016/S0196-8904(00)00047-9.
  • W. Chen, Y. Zhao, F. Sun, Z. Chen, and M. Gong, Analysis of ΔT Driven Contact Melting of Phase Change Material Around a Horizontal Cylinder, Energ. Convers. Manage., vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1002–1007, 2008. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2007.10.001.
  • M. Bareiss and H. Beer, An Analytical Solution of the Heat Transfer Process During Melting of an Unfixed Solid Phase Change Material Inside a Horizontal Tube, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 739–746, 1984. doi:10.1016/0017-9310(84)90143-1.
  • M. Gong, W. Chen, Y. Zhao, B. Zhu, and F. Sun, Analysis of Contact Melting Around a Horizontal Elliptical Cylinder Heat Source, Prog. Nat. Sci., vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 441–446, 2008. doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2007.10.010.
  • Y. S. Zhao, W. Z. Chen, F. R. Sun, and Z. Y Chen, Analysis of Contact Melting Driven by Surface Heat Flux Around a Cylinder, J. Therm. Sci., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 64–68, 2008. doi:10.1007/s11630-008-0064-3.
  • S. A. Fomin and T. S. Saitoh, Melting of Unfixed Material in Spherical Capsule with Non-isothermal Wall, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 42, no. 22, pp. 4197–4205, 1999. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00080-0.
  • H. Hong and A. Saito, Numerical Method for Direct Contact Melting in Transient Process, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 2093–2103, 1993. doi:10.1016/S0017-9310(05)80140-1.
  • Y. Asako, M. Faghri, M. Charmchi, and P. A. Bahrami, Numerical Solution for Melting of Unfixed Rectangular Phase-Change Material Under Low-Gravity Environment, Numer. Heat Transfer A, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 191–208, 1994. doi:10.1080/10407789408955944.
  • Y. Asako and M. Faghri, Effect of Density Change on Melting of Unfixed Rectangular Phase-Change Material Under Low-Gravity Environment, Numer. Heat Transfer A, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 825–838, 1999. doi:10.1080/104077899274471.
  • B. Ghasemi and M. Molki, Melting of Unfixed Solids in Square Cavities, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 446–452, 1999. doi:10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00025-9.
  • E. Assis, L. Katsman, G. Ziskind, and R. Letan, Numerical and Experimental Study of Melting in a Spherical Shell, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 1790–1804, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.10.007.
  • S. F. Hosseinizadeh, A. R. Darzi, F. L. Tan, and J. M. Khodadadi, Unconstrained Melting Inside a Sphere, Int. J. Therm. Sci., vol. 63, pp. 55–64, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2012.07.012.
  • N. N Gudibande and K. N. Iyer, Modified Enthalpy Method for the Simulation of Melting and Solidification, Sadhana, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1259–1285, 2013. doi:10.1007/s12046-013-0210-9.
  • T. Hirata, Y. Makino, and Y. Kaneko, Analysis of Close-Contact Melting for Octadecane and Ice Inside Isothermally Heated Horizontal Rectangular Capsule, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 3097–3106, 1991. doi:10.1016/0017-9310(91)90079-T.
  • H. Shmueli, G. Ziskind, and R. Letan, Melting in a Vertical Cylindrical Tube: Numerical Investigation and Comparison with Experiments, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 53, no. 19, pp. 4082–4091, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.028.
  • A. Bejan Convection Heat Transfer, 2nd ed., Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1995.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.