This invention discloses a transient calculation method and
system for the temperature field of a
phase change capsule based on a
thermal network, relating to the field of
phase change capsule technology. The method includes: constructing a
physical model of the
phase change capsule and initializing its parameters; constructing a four-node
thermal network model; the phase change process: preheating stage: all heat on the
solid surface is used for temperature rise, solving the four-node coupled
heat transfer equations, and outputting the
transient temperature values of each node; melting stage: the
solid surface temperature is fixed at the
phase change temperature, solving the equations, calculating the
enthalpy of the two-phase mixture based on the net
heat flow of the gas and liquid phases, updating the
solid and liquid
mass and volume, and outputting the
transient temperature values of each node; complete
liquefaction stage: the solid disappears, the liquid nodes directly exchange heat with the shell wall, calculating the
heat transfer coefficient, solving the equations, and outputting the
transient temperature values of each node; stage transition
smoothing is applied between the preheating and melting stages and between the melting and complete
liquefaction stages of each node. This invention significantly improves computational efficiency, provides a complete
physical model, and exhibits good
numerical stability.