Abstract
This paper is concerned with the melting of ice layers into a binary aqueous solution inside a rectangular cavity including heated fins. The numerical results of melting rate are compared with experimental results quantitatively. Temperatures reduction of the ice layers near the heated fins are inhibited because of enhanced heat conduction due to heated fins, and concentration gradients near the melting fronts can keep a large value. Therefore, melting of ice layer is enhanced in this region. By using this appropriate numerical model, we considered influence of fin thickness on various melting behaviors numerically.
