Effects of Surface Rotation on the Phase Change Process in a 3D Complex-Shaped Cylindrical Cavity with Ventilation Ports and Installed PCM Packed Bed System during Hybrid Nanofluid Convection

Lioua Kolsi, Fatih Selimefendigil and Mohamed Omri
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Lioua Kolsi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail City 81451, Saudi Arabia
Fatih Selimefendigil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45140, Turkey
Mohamed Omri: Deanship of Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: The combined effects of surface rotation and using binary nanoparticles on the phase change process in a 3D complex-shaped vented cavity with ventilation ports were studied during nanofluid convection. The geometry was a double T-shaped rotating vented cavity, while hybrid nanofluid contained binary Ag–MgO nano-sized particles. One of the novelties of the study was that a vented cavity was first used with the phase change–packed bed (PC–PB) system during nanofluid convection. The PC–PB system contained a spherical-shaped, encapsulated PCM paraffin wax. The Galerkin weighted residual finite element method was used as the solution method. The computations were carried out for varying values of the Reynolds numbers ( 100 ? Re ? 500 ), rotational Reynolds numbers ( 100 ? Rew ? 500 ), size of the ports ( 0.1 L 1 ? d i ? 0.5 L 1 ), length of the PC–PB system ( 0.4 L 1 ? L 0 ? L 1 ), and location of the PC–PB ( 0 ? y p ? 0.25 H ). In the heat transfer fluid, the nanoparticle solid volume fraction amount was taken between 0 and 0.02 % . When the fluid stream (Re) and surface rotational speed increased, the phase change process became fast. Effects of surface rotation became effective for lower values of Re while at Re = 100 and Re = 500; full phase transition time (tp) was reduced by about 39.8% and 24.5%. The port size and nanoparticle addition in the base fluid had positive impacts on the phase transition, while 34.8% reduction in tp was obtained at the largest port size, though this amount was only 9.5%, with the highest nanoparticle volume fraction. The length and vertical location of the PC–PB system have impacts on the phase transition dynamics. The reduction and increment amount in the value of tp with varying location and length of the PC–PB zone became 20% and 58%. As convection in cavities with ventilation ports are relevant in many thermal energy systems, the outcomes of this study will be helpful for the initial design and optimization of many PCM-embedded systems encountered in solar power, thermal management, refrigeration, and many other systems.

Keywords: vented cavity; complex geometry; phase change process; surface rotation; hybrid nanofluid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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