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Performance Enhancement of Solar Latent Heat Thermal Storage System with Particle Dispersion — an Exergy Approach
Phase change material (PCM) employed latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) system has been showing good potential over the years for energy management, particularly in solar energy systems. However, enhancement in thermal conductivity of PCMs is emphasized as PCMs are known for their poor thermal conductivity. In this work, the thermal performance of a shell and tube LHTS module containing PCM‐metal particles composite is investigated while charging and is compared with that of pure PCM system. The effect of particle dispersion on latent heat capacity of pure PCM is also analyzed. Enthalpy based governing equations are solved numerically adopting FLUENT code. Exergy based performance evaluation is taken as a main aspect. The numerical results are presented for various operating conditions of heat transfer fluid (HTF) and indicate considerable performance improvement of the system when particles are dispersed.
Performance Enhancement of Solar Latent Heat Thermal Storage System with Particle Dispersion — an Exergy Approach
Phase change material (PCM) employed latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) system has been showing good potential over the years for energy management, particularly in solar energy systems. However, enhancement in thermal conductivity of PCMs is emphasized as PCMs are known for their poor thermal conductivity. In this work, the thermal performance of a shell and tube LHTS module containing PCM‐metal particles composite is investigated while charging and is compared with that of pure PCM system. The effect of particle dispersion on latent heat capacity of pure PCM is also analyzed. Enthalpy based governing equations are solved numerically adopting FLUENT code. Exergy based performance evaluation is taken as a main aspect. The numerical results are presented for various operating conditions of heat transfer fluid (HTF) and indicate considerable performance improvement of the system when particles are dispersed.
Performance Enhancement of Solar Latent Heat Thermal Storage System with Particle Dispersion — an Exergy Approach
Jegadheeswaran, Selvaraj (author) / Pohekar, Sanjay D. (author) / Kousksou, Tarik (author)
CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water ; 39 ; 964-971
2011-10-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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