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steel with 0.7 m height and 0.35 m diameter, and is well insulated
with glass wool on the outer surface. The PCM encapsulated in
plastic balls of an outer diameter of 70 mm and a wall thickness of
0.5 mm with a total number of 260 balls are packed inside the tank.
A centrifugal air blower, ow adjusting valves and an orice meter
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3. Experimental investigation
3.1. Experimental setup
An experimental study has been performed with the experimental setup shown in Fig. 4. It consists of a storage tank made of
AIR OUTLET
PCM PACKED
BED
AIR BLOWER
CONTROL
VALVE
Table 3
Estimated values of uncertainties.
ORIFICE METER
AIR HEATER
Parameters
Error (%)
Temperature
Mass ow rate
Instantaneous heat transferred
Cumulative heat transferred
1.05
1.00
1.45
1.48