Charging and Discharging Processes of Thermal Energy Storage System Using Phase change materials

Frontiers in Automobile and Mechanical Engineering

Kanimozhi, B.^1 ; Harish, Kasilanka^2 ; Tarun, Bellamkonda Sai^1 ; Sainath Reddy, Pogaku Saty^1 ; Sujeeth, Padakandla Sai^1

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai

119, India^1

Mechanical and Production Engineering Department, Sathyabama University, Chennai

119, India^2

关键词: CopperTubes;    Discharging process;    Enhancement of heat transfer;    Heat transfer rate;    Performance evaluations;    Solar tanks;    Thermal characteristics;    Thermal energy storage systems;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/197/1/012040/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/197/1/012040

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The objective of the study is to investigate the thermal characteristics of charging and discharge processes of fabricated thermal energy storage system using Phase change materials. Experiments were performed with phase change materials in which a storage tank have designed and developed to enhance the heat transfer rate from the solar tank to the PCM storage tank. The enhancement of heat transfer can be done by using a number of copper tubes in the fabricated storage tank. This storage tank can hold or conserve heat energy for a much longer time than the conventional water storage system. Performance evaluations of experimental results during charging and discharging processes of paraffin wax have discussed. In which heat absorption and heat rejection have been calculated with various flow rate.