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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# [ Authors ] [ Ehsan Golab, Sharif University of Technology. ] [ [email protected] ]
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PCM4Foam is a minifoam designed for OpenFOAM for PCM solid-liquid transition problems.
To get setup, you must first install OpenFOAM, using following version:
- foam-extend-4.1
Once a version of OpenFOAM has been installed, download PCM4Foam and then run the enclosed Allwmake script to compile PCM4Foam.
You can see the governing equations and boundary conditions for each case in tutorial and more case in following resources:
[1] Golab, E., Vahedi, B., Jain, A., Taylor, R.A. and Vafai, K., 2023. Laminar forced convection in a tube with a nano-encapsulated phase change materials: Minimizing exergy losses and maximizing the heat transfer rate. Journal of Energy Storage, 65, p.107233.
[2] Golab, E., Goudarzi, S., Kazemi-Varnamkhasti, H., Amigh, H., Ghaemi, F., Baleanu, D. and Karimipour, A., 2021. Investigation of the effect of adding nano-encapsulated phase change material to water in natural convection inside a rectangular cavity. Journal of Energy Storage, 40, p.102699.