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Fig. 7

From: Development of freezing process of phase change materials in cylindrical thermal energy storage tanks with various fin configurations

Fig. 7

The results of the present study and those of Mostafavi et al.28 using a PCM with a melting point of 28 °C, a density of 780 kg/m3, a specific heat capacity of 2300 J/kg K, a thermal conductivity of 0.15 W/m K, and a latent heat of 244,000 J/kg, with the inner wall temperature maintained at a constant value 20 K below the melting point.

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