This work experimentally and numerically investigates the thermal performance of a vertical
shell-and-tube heat exchanger, filled with a biological phase change material (PCM), linked …

We present a new numerical system using finite elements with mesh adaptivity for the
simulation of solid–liquid phase change systems. In the liquid phase, the natural convection …

Phase change material (PCM) is applicable in various use cases, such as in a novel hybrid
steam/latent heat storage system where containers filled with PCM are placed at the shell …

Numerical modeling of phase change problems with convection is known to be
computationally expensive. The main challenge comes from the coupling between Navier …

In this paper, we devise a moving mesh finite element method for the approximate solution
of coupled bulk–surface reaction–diffusion equations on an evolving two dimensional …

Melting and solidification problems in presence of natural convection are known to require
high computational resources. Very fine meshes are essential to accurately determine the …

Latent heat thermal energy storages (LHTES) utilize a material's phase transition to store
energy at an almost constant temperature. To fully exploit their high energy density, reliable …

In this paper, the solidification of water near its density extremum is simulated while taking
into account the expansion of the phase change material resulting from the different density …

A numerical modeling methodology based on the finite element method is utilized in this
investigation to predict the impact of the PCM characteristics on the system cooling …

We present and distribute a new numerical system using classical finite elements with mesh
adaptivity for computing two-dimensional liquid–solid phase-change systems involving …