Study of the air flow in a rectangular cavity fitted with pads filled with phase change material Application to the latent storage air solar collector

Solar Energy is approved, as a significant player in most of development of experimental techniques. However, the usage of PCMs in the solar energy system needs an expensive cost. For this reason, a new numerical tool is necessary to minimize and choice the best PCMs in the gain of energy of the system. In our research, I expect to gain essential knowledge of LBM and to develop a computer code able to simulate heat and mass transfer through infrared solar collector in the presence of PCMs. Dynamic and thermal fields in the system will be obtained by solving mass, momentum, and energy balances associated with energy equation using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The melting process of PCMs will be presented in details. The parametric studies of different materials and, number of fins, configuration of fins, hot wall temperature, thermal boundary conditions, and inclination angle of the PCM cavity will be also showed.

Faculty Supervisor:

Abdulmajeed Mohamad

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Partner:

Université de Tunis El Manar

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

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