<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello to All, <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am currently trying to figure out the meaning of the input values and units when defining a phase-change material. <br></div><div><br></div><div><b>- Melting temperature degC:</b> no questions<br><b>- Solidification temperature degC:</b> no questions <br><b>- Thermal conductivity in the solid phase J/kg:
</b>In the ESPr interface the thermal conductivity is shown to have units of J/kg, I assume this is a mistake?
<br><b>- Thermal conductivity in the liquid phase J/kg: </b>same as above<br><b>- Specific heat J/kg.K: </b>no questions<br><b>- Latent heat of member a J/kg.K^2 and b J/kg.K:</b> In a previous post I read that a and b, represent the values of a linear function y = ax + b. Woud this linear function correspond to the effective heat capacity given by:</div><div><br></div><div>C_eff = L/(Te-To) + Cp(T=To)</div><div><br></div><div>L - latent heat <br></div><div>Te - Offset temperature</div><div>To - Onset temperature <br></div><div>Cp - specific heat at the onset temperature <br></div><div><br></div><div>in that case, would "a" be equal to L/(Te-To) and "b" to Cp(T=To)? And then "x" in the linear function corresponds to the temperature? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance for your help, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Juanita <br></div><div><br></div></div>