Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal energy storage with a finned tube

By Aytunç Erek, Z. Ilken, M. A. Acar. 2005

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A latent heat thermal energy storage system using a phase change material (PCM) is an efficient way of storing or releasing a large amount of heat during melting or solidification. It has been determined that the shell‐and‐tube type heat exchanger is the most promising device as a latent heat system that requires high efficiency for a minimum volume. In this type of heat exchanger, the PCM fills the annular shell space around the finned tube while the heat transfer fluid flows within the tube.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Numerical investigation of the influence of mushy zone parameter Amush on heat transfer characteristics in vertically and horizontally oriented thermal energy storage systems (2019, background): “To effectively design a latent heat storage system for a specific process, the time required for melting and solidification and thus rates of charge and discharge and heat transfer during the phase change process has to be known [4].”
Maximization of performance of a PCM latent heat storage system with innovative fins (2015, methodology): “[16,17] developed a numerical model for evaluating the effect of radial fins in an horizontal LHTES unit.”
Review of thermal energy storage for air conditioning systems (2012, methodology): “Several researchers have studied the heat transfer enhancement in PCMs including finned tubes [20,28] insertion of metal matrix to the PCM [37,38], using multitubes, shell and tube heat exchanger [39,40], using bubble agitation in PCMs [23], using PCM dispersed with high conductivity particles, and ”