Abstract
This study deals with thermal hydraulic characteristics of a paraffin emulsion, in which a paraffin wax with a melting point of 72℃ and latent heat of 222kJ/kg was used as phase change material. Pressure loss and heat transfer coefficient in a cooling process were measured for a horizontal copper tube with inner diameter of 4mm. As a result, it was shown that heat transfer performance of paraffin emulsion was lower than that of water, because of its high viscosity and a delay in phase change of paraffin wax. Paraffin emulsion at the exit of heating section was in a thermal non-equilibrium condition, and recovery of temperature after mixing was observed.
