Journal
SOLAR ENERGY
Volume 83, Issue 9, Pages 1509-1520Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.04.007
Keywords
Erythritol; Phase change material; Temperature gradient
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- Vice-Chancellor's Research Scholarship (VCRS) of the University of Ulster
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An experimental energy storage system has been designed using a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger incorporating a medium temperature phase change material (PCM) Erythritol, with a melting point of 117.7 degrees C. Three experimental configurations, a control system with no heat transfer enhancement and systems augmented with circular and longitudinal fins have been studied. The results presented compare the system heat transfer characteristics using isotherm plots and temperature-time curves. The system With longitudinal fins gave the best performance with increased thermal response during charging and reduced subcooling in the melt during discharging. The experimentally measured data for the control, circular finned and longitudinal finned systems have been shown to vindicate the assumption of axissymmetry (direction parallel to the heat transfer fluid flow) using temperature gradients in the axial. radial and angular directions in the double pipe PCM system. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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