@article{scholars19491, journal = {Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering}, title = {Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement of a Planar Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage}, pages = {217--225}, year = {2023}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-19-1939-8{$_1$}{$_9$}}, note = {cited By 0; Conference of 7th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability, ICPER 2020 ; Conference Date: 14 July 2020 Through 16 July 2020; Conference Code:284729}, abstract = {Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) has been recognized as one of the{\^A} the best options of thermal energy storage (TES){\^A} options due to its higher energy storage capacity.It has been used in various industrial application and building air-conditioning systems.Meanwhile, fractal flow design has been widely{\^A} adopted to improve heat transfer performance inside LHTES.The fractal flow design is expected to give better heat transfer efficiency as compared to conventional S-shaped pattern.Nevertheless, limited studies has been reporting the performance of planar LHTES with fractal fluid passages.This study is therefore conducted to{\^A} investigate the heat transfer performance of planar LHTES{\^A} with various fluid passage design.An experimental set-up with various fluid passage designs such as conventional serpent-shaped (S), diamond fractal-shaped (D), and rectangular fractal-shaped (R) is developed.The experimental condition is carried out{\^A} under variation of heat transfer fluid (HTF) inlet temperature at a range of 70{\^a}??90{\^A}oC (above PCM melting temperature) with constant mass flow rate of 0.01{\^A} kg/s.The results revealed that the R-shaped design has the highest overall TES efficiency compared to D-shaped (14.97 lower) and S-shaped (83 lower) design respectively.This study can provide a basic reference for fluid passage configuration in planar LHTES. {\^A}{\copyright} 2023, Institute of Technology PETRONAS Sdn Bhd.}, keywords = {Air conditioning; Fractals; Heat storage; Heat transfer performance; Latent heat, Conditioning systems; Energy storage capacity; Fluid passage; Fractal flows; Heat transfer efficiency; Heat Transfer enhancement; Heat transfer performance; Latent heat thermal energy storage; S-shaped; Thermal energy storage, Thermal energy}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140758121&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-19-1939-8\%5f19&partnerID=40&md5=d182bf91785f1d11ec12a79cba2f7da3}, author = {Haryoko, L. A. F. and Kurnia, J. C. and Abd Majid, M. A.} }