56766 20210121114530.0 doi 10.3390/resources4040796 sideral 96219 ART-2015-96219 eng (orcid)0000-0002-2161-3362 Dolado Bielsa, Pablo An approach to the integrated design of PCM-air heat exchangers based on numerical simulation: a solar cooling case study 2015 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted A novel technique of design of experiments applied to numerical simulations is proposed in this paper as a methodology for the sizing and design of thermal storage equipment integrated in any specific application. The technique is carried out through the response surfaces in order to limit the number of simulation runs required to achieve an appropriate solution. Thus, there are significant savings on the time spent on the design as well as a potential cost saving on the experimentation if similarity relationships between the prototype and the model are met. The technique is applied here to a previously developed and validated numerical model that simulates the thermal behavior of a phase change material-air heat exchanger. The incorporation of the thermal energy storage unit is analyzed in the case of a solar cooling application, improving the system coefficient of performance. The economic viability is mainly conditioned by the price of the macroencapsulated phase change material. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2008-06687-CO2-CON info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2014-57262-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2011-28269-C03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.539 2015 Nature and Landscape Conservation 2015 Q2 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2015 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0001-7360-4188 Lázaro Fernández, Ana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8015-4469 Delgado Gracia, Mónica (orcid)0000-0002-9500-974X Peñalosa García, Conchita Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7631-8507 Mazo Olarte, Javier (orcid)0000-0002-2463-7271 Marín Herrero, José María Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6101-580X Zalba Nonay, Belén Universidad de Zaragoza 5004 X Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Proy. investigacion HJA 5004 590 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. 4, 4 (2015), 796-818 Resources (Basel) Resources (Basel) 2079-9276 1918385 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/56766/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 84410 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/56766/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:56766 articulos driver 2021-01-21-11:10:07 ARTICLE