期刊
SOLAR ENERGY
卷 185, 期 -, 页码 222-234出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.12.063
关键词
Heat loss; Thermal stratification; CFD; Energy storage; Cylindrical tank
资金
- Strategic science and technology project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA21050200]
- Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program [2013N070]
The liquid in an energy storage tank will become thermally stratified during cooling of the tank when the tank is not charging or discharging. This process is studied here experimentally and numerically. A two-dimensional model validated against experimental data is used to study the thermal stratification mechanisms during cooling. The results show that natural convection mainly along the upper side of the cylindrical tank creates a boundary layer along the sidewall that drives cooled water down the side. The two-dimensional analysis is used to create a one-dimensional model for the cooling process that is validated against the experimental data. The one-dimensional model is then used to investigate the influence of the height to diameter aspect ratio on the cooling process. A tank with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has the highest energy efficiency, highest exergy efficiency, and lowest entropy generation during cooling. Further study shows that when the aspect ratio is smaller than 3, the thermal stratification increases greatly with increasing aspect ratio. Aspect ratios bigger than 3 have little influence on the thermal stratification.
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