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García Fuente, Manuel González Peña, David Alonso Tristán, Cristina 2023-01-19T10:22:30Z 2023-01-19T10:22:30Z 2022-04 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7272 10.3390/app12073640 2076-3417 The melting process of lauric acid in a square container heated from the top surface was numerically studied from an experimental case. Knowledge of this process is of special interest for computationally efficient modeling systems, such as PCM-enhanced photovoltaic panels in horizontal positions or energy storage using PCM embedded on flat surfaces. In these systems, the geometric arrangement of the PCM hinders the fluid-phase movements through natural convection, which slows the melting process and can cause overheating in the fluid phase. Using Ansys Fluent Software, three different approaches and two simulation methods, enthalpy-porosity and effective heat capacity, were developed for the numerical study. The results were compared with experimental measurements in a successful evaluation of the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics simulations. It could be observed that the effective heat capacity method presented significant advantages over the enthalpy-porosity method, since similar accuracy results were obtained, and a lower computational cost was required. eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 4.0 Internacional PCM Convective flows CFD Numerical simulation Experimental A Numerical Simulation of an Experimental Melting Process of a Phase-Change Material without Convective Flows info:eu-repo/semantics/article