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Spherical and cylindrical conductive thermal diodes based on two phase-change materials

  • Suraju Olawale Kasali EMAIL logo , Jose Ordonez-Miranda , Kamal Alaili und Karl Joulain ORCID logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 22. Oktober 2021
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
Aus der Zeitschrift Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A Band 77 Heft 2

Abstract

We theoretically studied and optimized the thermal rectification of spherical and cylindrical conductive thermal diodes operating with two phase-change materials (PCMs), whose thermal conductivities significantly changes in a narrow interval of temperatures. This is done by deriving simple analytical expressions for the heat flows, temperature profiles and rectification factors of both diodes. It is shown that diode geometry has a significant impact on the heat flows and temperature profiles, but not so much on the thermal diode rectification factor. Optimal rectification factors of 63.5 and 63.2% are obtained for the spherical and cylindrical thermal diodes operating between the terminals of VO2 and polyethylene with a temperature difference of 150 K spanning the metal–insulator transition of both PCMs. These similar rectification factors could be enhanced even more with a phase-change material exhibiting higher contrast thermal conductivity than the ones in the present study. The obtained results can thus be useful to guide the development of PCMs capable of optimizing the rectification of conductive heat flows with different geometries.

Keywords: heat flows; phase-change materials; rectification factor; spherical and cylindrical thermal diodes; thermal conductivity; thermal rectification
Corresponding author: Suraju Olawale Kasali, Institut Pprime, CNRS, Université de Poitiers, ISAE-ENSMA, F-86962 Futuroscope, Chasseneuil, France; and Department of Physics/Geology/Geophysics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, E-mail:

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2021-06-14
Accepted: 2021-10-07
Published Online: 2021-10-22
Published in Print: 2022-02-23

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heat flows; phase-change materials; rectification factor; spherical and cylindrical thermal diodes; thermal conductivity; thermal rectification

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Dynamical Systems & Nonlinear Phenomena
  3. Impact of fear on a delayed eco-epidemiological model for migratory birds
  4. Ion acoustic solitary waves in magnetized anisotropic nonextensive plasmas
  5. Hydrodynamics
  6. Effects of an external constant pressure gradient on a steady incompressible laminar flow through a semi-porous annular pipe
  7. Quantum Theory
  8. Vortices in a strongly coupled collisional quantum plasma embedded in an external magnetic field
  9. Solid State Physics & Materials Science
  10. Enhanced photocatalytic activity in hydro-thermally grown nano structured ZnO/SnS core–shell composites
  11. Study of dynamic and thermodynamic properties of zinc-blend and wurtzite cadmium sulfide (CdS) using density functional theory
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  14. Approximate analytical solution for the propagation of shock wave in a mixture of small solid particles and non-ideal gas: isothermal flow
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