Incorporating insulation material with phase change materials (PCMs) could help enhance the insulation capability for a refrigerator system. The phase change material can absorb or release large amount of latent heat of fusion depending on surrounding temperatures for efficient thermal management. This research focuses on how incorporating PCM to the conventional PU foam insulation affects the inside temperatures of the refrigerator system and in-turn helps in conserving energy by reducing the compressor run time. It was found that only 0.25-inch-thick PCM layer in insulation can certainly benefit the refrigerators by reducing the amount of electricity consumption and thus increasing the total energy savings through the numerical study results via COMSOL Multiphysics in this study. This work aims to investigate a PCM-incorporated insulation material to accomplish the enhancement of thermal insulation performance for refrigerators.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1707283 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Shaik, Sania |
| Contributors | Zhao, Weihuan, Shi, Sheldon, Huseyin, Bostanci, Hamid, Sadat Hosseini |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | viii, 53 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Shaik, Sania, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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