Research Article
Numerical Study on the Thermal Enhancement of Phase Change Material with the Addition of Nanoparticles and Changing the Orientation of the Enclosure
Table 1
Thermophysical properties of the base materials used.
| | Properties | Pure PCM (RT-42) | Alumina (Al2O3) | Copper oxide (CuO) | Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) |
| | Density (kg/m3) | 760 | 3600 | 6310 | 1600 | | Specific heat (KJ/kg.K) | 2000 | 765 | 531 | 8.039 | | Thermal conductivity (W/m.K) | 0.2 | 36 | 76 | 3000 | | Viscosity (kg/m.s) | 0.02351 | — | — | — | | Thermal expansion coefficient (1/K) | 0.0005 | — | — | — | | Pure solvent melting heat (J/kg) | 165000 | — | — | — | | Solidus temperature (K) | 311.15 | — | — | — | | Liquidus temperature (K) | 315.15 | — | — | — |
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