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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 67, 2014
EFM13 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2013
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Article Number | 02046 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Contributions | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146702046 | |
Published online | 25 March 2014 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146702046
Experimental investigation of stabilization of flowing water temperature with a water-PCM heat exchanger
1 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technicka 2896/2, Brno, Czech Republic
2 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveri 95, Brno, 602 00, Czech Republic
a Corresponding author: charvat@fme.vutbr.cz
Published online: 25 March 2014
Experiments have been carried out in order to investigate the stabilization of water temperature with a water-PCM heat exchanger. The water-PCM heat exchanger was of a rather simple design. It was a round tube, through which the water flowed, surrounded with an annular layer of PCM. The heat exchanger was divided into one meter long segments (modules) and the water temperature was monitored at the outlet of each of the segments. A paraffin-based PCM with the melting temperature of 42 °C was used in the experiments. The experimental set-up consisted of two water reservoirs kept at different temperatures, the water-PCM heat exchanger, PC controlled valves and a data acquisition system. As the first step a response to a step change in the water temperature at the inlet of the heat exchanger was investigated. Subsequently, a series of experiments with a square wave change of temperature at the inlet of the exchanger were carried out. The square wave temperature profile was achieved by periodic switching between the two water reservoirs. Several amplitudes and periods of temperature square wave were used. The results of experiments show that a water-PCM heat exchanger can effectively be used to stabilize the flowing water temperature when the inlet temperature changes are around the melting range of the PCM.
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