ME-631 PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE
Credit Hours = 3
COURSE CONTENT
- Phase Change Materials (PCMs). Types of PCMs, Selection and performance, Issue with containment in the melt phase (simple box containment, flexible films, shape-stabilization and microencapsulation), Thermal Analysis, Thermal Properties, inconsistency in phase change cycles, Mathematical analyses of phase change processes, Enthalpies, phase fraction, and heat capacities at first-order phase transitions, entropy generation analysis; Energy Storage Application, Thermal Management of concentrating Solar Power, Energy Storage in Building Materials, Solar Thermal Heating Systems, Space-Based Applications, Heat Exchangers and Packed bed Technology selected numerical analysis.
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