期刊
APPLIED ENERGY
卷 169, 期 -, 页码 164-176出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.028
关键词
Phase change; Porous media; Metal foam; Fin; Natural convection; Visualization
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1361108]
- national 973 Program of China [2015CB251503]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015XS90]
Latent heat thermal energy storage is a promising option for efficient utilization of intermitted and instable energy. However, the intrinsically low thermal conductivity of phase-change materials (PCMs) is the major shortage, leading to low energy charging and discharging rate. An experimental setup was designed to investigate the dynamic thermal behavior of a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal storage unit. Paraffin wax was employed as the PCM, of which the thermal properties, including that of melting temperature and latent heat, were detected by Differential Scanning Calorimetry. In order to improve the heat transfer performance, copper foam and a bottom fin were compounder:110 the PCM. High temperature water flowed through the copper tube as the heat transfer fluid (HTF). The temperature variations of the selected detected points inside PCM and the solid-liquid interface evolution in axial plane of symmetry for three samples, including that of pure paraffin, paraffin-copper foam composites without and with the bottom fin, were recorded under the different heating temperatures and flow rates of HTF. The experimental results indicate that completely melting the PCM in composite takes over 1/3 less time than that of pure paraffin under the same operating conditions. The total charging time consumption of the composite with a bottom fin is the least, as well as the heat transfer rate is the largest among the three samples. The influence of HTF temperature on the charging process is more significant than that of the HTF flow rate. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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