simulation of phase change material melting

March 25, 2008, 00:54

Hi all,

my work is to simulate the flow and heat transfer in slurry consists of water and some percentage of phase change materials in microchannel.when this slurry or suspension enter to the channel is heated and these microencapsulated phase change materials is melted.my problem is I dont know how to introduce the value of volume fraction percentage of PCM in the slurry in fluent to tell fluent that the fluid is not PCM in all but it contain a percentage of PCM in water .

Please any one have an information about how to simulate this suspention and how to process the melting of the microencapsulated PCM in fluid and entering its value of volume fraction in fluent to help me .

Looking for your replay and help

Regards

farah · October 28, 2015, 03:07

Hi
Sorry to interrupt your question but can you help me how to simulate the phase change material in Fluent/or CFX because i have to simulate it but i have no idea how to do it?!

NITESH99ME · October 28, 2015, 10:11

sorry, for interrupting, can you tell me how to do melting simulation of a solid material, is there vof is needed? can you help me...please tell me the procedure.

farah · December 4, 2015, 06:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by NITESH99ME

sorry, for interrupting, can you tell me how to do melting simulation of a solid material, is there vof is needed? can you help me...please tell me the procedure.

I think you do not need to use the VOF as long as you use the melting/solidification model where this model will help you to simulate the PCM ( in Fluent software).
Good luck

illuminati19 · December 8, 2015, 07:56

I am looking to model refrigerant evaporating to gain energy to solidify PCM on the other side of a wall. Does the community have any idea, if any please help.

March 25, 2008, 00:54	simulation of phase change material melting	#1
rosol Guest Posts: n/a	Hi all, my work is to simulate the flow and heat transfer in slurry consists of water and some percentage of phase change materials in microchannel.when this slurry or suspension enter to the channel is heated and these microencapsulated phase change materials is melted.my problem is I dont know how to introduce the value of volume fraction percentage of PCM in the slurry in fluent to tell fluent that the fluid is not PCM in all but it contain a percentage of PCM in water . Please any one have an information about how to simulate this suspention and how to process the melting of the microencapsulated PCM in fluid and entering its value of volume fraction in fluent to help me . Looking for your replay and help Regards

October 28, 2015, 03:07	Simulation of phase change material	#2
farah New Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 10	Hi Sorry to interrupt your question but can you help me how to simulate the phase change material in Fluent/or CFX because i have to simulate it but i have no idea how to do it?!

December 8, 2015, 07:56	What if, one wants to model an evaporating fluid (R22) and a solidifying fluid (PCM)	#5
illuminati19 New Member Illuminati19 Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I am looking to model refrigerant evaporating to gain energy to solidify PCM on the other side of a wall. Does the community have any idea, if any please help.

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October 28, 2015, 10:11		#3
NITESH99ME New Member NITESH Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	sorry, for interrupting, can you tell me how to do melting simulation of a solid material, is there vof is needed? can you help me...please tell me the procedure.