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Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Mechanical",Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Thermal storage systems utilising the latent heat of fusion of a phase
change material (PCM) are simulated for symmetric-balanced/unbalanced
conditions in terms of the conventional thermal effectiveness and new
ly proposed performance characteristic factors. A unified two-phase mo
del is formulated to accommodate the performance prediction of cyclic
thermal regenerators with encapsulated PCM or conventional packing. Th
e effects of flow channelling and transverse thermal condition on the
performance of such systems are also discussed.