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The paper analyzes the possibility to optimize the construction of a heat exchanger, which has the role of thermal accumulator in a solar energy storage system for residential use. The storage of solar energy is made in a phase change material (PCM), namely wax paraffin. Starting from a model of thermal accumulator tested experimentally, aiming at improving the heat transfer between wax paraffin and...