International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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Measurement Methods of Latent Heat for PCM with Low Melting Temperature in Closed Tube

  • Hong Hiki (School of Mechanical and Industrial System Engineering, KyungHee University) ;
  • Kang Chaedong (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonbuk University) ;
  • Peck Jong Hyeon (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

Cycle test for developed phase change material (PCM) is necessary in order to assess the variation of latent heat, which decreases with time by deterioration. T-history method and measurement using heat-flux meter are appropriate for the cycle test in a tube filled with PCM because they do not need an extraction of sample in measuring heat of fusion. In the present study, these methods were applied to a PCM having a melting point below a room temperature, different to the past studies for PCMs melting above a room temperature. As a result of experiment using pure water as specimen, we can obtained rea-sonable values for heat of fusion.

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