TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling and simulation of thermal energy storage for solar energy utilization
AU - Alnaimat, Fadi
AU - Mathew, Bobby
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.
AU - Al Omari, S. A.B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 ASME.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - A significant research has been done on the enhancement of thermal energy storage systems. This article details the numerical study conducted to understand the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of a concentric thermal energy storage subjected to different heat transfer fluid (HTF) velocities. Water is used as the working heat transfer fluid. The influence of flow parameter primarily the HTF velocity is studied in this article. Studies are conducted for concentric thermal energy storage diameter of 25 mm, and 10 mm inner diameter of concentric pipe, 200 mm length, and HTF velocity of 0.02, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 m/s. It is found that the utilization of fins improves the heat transfer in tube in tank thermal storage system. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) enables a more detailed study of the phase change thermal characteristics.
AB - A significant research has been done on the enhancement of thermal energy storage systems. This article details the numerical study conducted to understand the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of a concentric thermal energy storage subjected to different heat transfer fluid (HTF) velocities. Water is used as the working heat transfer fluid. The influence of flow parameter primarily the HTF velocity is studied in this article. Studies are conducted for concentric thermal energy storage diameter of 25 mm, and 10 mm inner diameter of concentric pipe, 200 mm length, and HTF velocity of 0.02, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 m/s. It is found that the utilization of fins improves the heat transfer in tube in tank thermal storage system. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) enables a more detailed study of the phase change thermal characteristics.
KW - Heat transfer
KW - Melting
KW - Phase change materials
KW - Thermal energy storage
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2019-10326
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2019-10326
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85078706182
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Energy
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2019
Y2 - 11 November 2019 through 14 November 2019
ER -