Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a PCM-Supported ...
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m<br />
<br />
m<br />
k<br />
a<br />
<br />
c c<br />
( T )<br />
cond , gl g e inter l<br />
k<br />
a<br />
<br />
P P<br />
<br />
( T )<br />
cond , gs gs gs v v,<br />
inter s<br />
<br />
(4.37)<br />
(4.38)<br />
Where P v is the saturation vapor pressure (pa), P v,inter (T s ) is the saturation vapor<br />
pressure at the interface as a function <strong>of</strong> the particle temperature, c is the water<br />
vapor concentration (mol/m 3 ), <strong>and</strong> c inter (T l ) is the interfacial water vapor concentration<br />
at the liquid water temperature. As the liquid side heat transfer coefficient is<br />
generally much greater than that <strong>of</strong> the gas side, the temperature difference between<br />
the interface <strong>and</strong> bulk liquid is very slight, the interfacial temperatures are assumed<br />
equal to the liquid temperature.<br />
The interfacial concentration can be expressed as a function <strong>of</strong> the interface<br />
temperature (T inter ) by combining the Clapeyron equation, which represents the<br />
dependence <strong>of</strong> saturation pressure on saturation temperature, <strong>and</strong> the ideal gas<br />
equation <strong>of</strong> state:<br />
c<br />
inter<br />
p <br />
ref<br />
hfg<br />
<br />
1 1<br />
( T<br />
<br />
inter<br />
) exp<br />
<br />
(4.39)<br />
RTinter<br />
<br />
R Tinter<br />
Tref<br />
<br />
where the reference pressure p ref =618.9Pa, the universal gas constant<br />
R=8.314J/mol/K, latent heat <strong>of</strong> condensation h fg =45050J/mol, <strong>and</strong> the reference<br />
temperature T ref =273.15K. Thermodynamic relationships are used to evaluate the<br />
phases partial pressures <strong>and</strong> other thermophysical properties <strong>of</strong> humid air as<br />
presented in Appendix D.<br />
4.2.3.2 Void fraction <strong>and</strong> specific packing area<br />
The void fraction is defined as the ratio <strong>of</strong> the volume <strong>of</strong> voids to the overall volume<br />
<strong>of</strong> a packing. It is not only strongly dependent on the method by which the container<br />
is packed but also on the ratio <strong>of</strong> the container diameter to the diameter <strong>of</strong> the<br />
packing particle (d bed /d p ). An empirical relationship between the void fraction for<br />
r<strong>and</strong>omly packed uniform spheres in a cylindrical bed was derived by Torab <strong>and</strong><br />
Beasley [27] from real data as follows:<br />
3<br />
5<br />
2<br />
l<br />
<br />
g<br />
0.4272<br />
4.51610<br />
( dbed<br />
/ d<br />
p)<br />
7.88110<br />
( dbed<br />
/ d<br />
p)<br />
(4.40)<br />
This relation can be used to predict the void fraction as a function <strong>of</strong> (d bed /d p ) for<br />
modeling <strong>and</strong> optimization <strong>of</strong> schemes for values <strong>of</strong> (d bed /d p )28 the void fraction is 0.3625 [27]. The solid fraction in the packed bed can<br />
be directly determined:<br />
1<br />
s<br />
(4.41)<br />
80