Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage Enhancement by Foams and Nanoparticles

Assunta Andreozzi, Pietro Asinari, Antonio Barletta (), Vincenzo Bianco, Johan Augusto Bocanegra, Pedro Vayssière Brandão, Bernardo Buonomo, Roberta Cappabianca, Michele Celli, Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Paolo De Angelis, Andrea Diani, Sauro Filippeschi, Marcello Iasiello, Oronzio Manca (), Sergio Nardini, Carlo Nonino and Luisa Rossetto
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Assunta Andreozzi: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
Pietro Asinari: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Antonio Barletta: Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Vincenzo Bianco: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope Centro Direzionale, Isola C4, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Johan Augusto Bocanegra: Department of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME), University of Genoa, Via All’Opera Pia 15/A, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Pedro Vayssière Brandão: Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Bernardo Buonomo: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy
Roberta Cappabianca: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Michele Celli: Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Eliodoro Chiavazzo: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Paolo De Angelis: Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Andrea Diani: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Sauro Filippeschi: Dipartimento dell’Energia, dei Sistemi, del Territorio e delle Costruzioni, Università di Pisa, Largo Lazzarino 2, 56121 Pisa, Italy
Marcello Iasiello: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
Oronzio Manca: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy
Sergio Nardini: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, Italy
Carlo Nonino: Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
Luisa Rossetto: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-24

Abstract: The use of innovative methods for the design of heating, cooling, and heat storage devices has been mainly oriented in the last decade toward the use of nanofluids, metal foams coupled with working fluids, or phase change materials (PCMs). A network of nine Italian universities achieved significant results and innovative ideas on these topics by developing a collaborative project in the last four years, where different approaches and investigation techniques were synergically employed. They evaluated the quantitative extent of the enhancement in the heat transfer and thermal performance of a heat exchanger or thermal energy storage system with the combined use of nanofluids, metal foams, and PCMs. The different facets of this broad research program are surveyed in this article. Special focus is given to the comparison between the mesoscopic to macroscopic modeling of heat transfer in metal foams and nanofluids, as well as to the experimental data collected and processed in the development of the research.

Keywords: nanofluids; metal foams; phase change materials (PCMs); numerical methods; micro computed tomography (?CT); local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE); microfin tubes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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