Study of Ice Melting Heat Transfer in a Horizontal Elliptical Tube Located in Water.

Abstract

The characteristics of ice melting heat transfer in a horizontal elliptical tube in water were studied experimentally and numerically. This phenomenon is caused by a combination of the natural convection heat transfer of water around a tube and the ice melting heat transfer inside a tube. Large number of studies on melting heat transfer in a simple shape capsule has been done ; however, study of melting heat transfer in a horizontal elliptical tube is less. Results are presented as ice melting characteristics, temperature distributions, flow patterns and melting rate.