期刊
RENEWABLE ENERGY
卷 171, 期 -, 页码 416-430出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.022
关键词
Latent heat thermal energy storage; Simultaneous charging and discharging; Flat micro-heat pipe array; Metal foam; Numerical simulation
资金
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation [3192009]
The simultaneous charging and discharging of latent thermal energy storage (LTES) can enhance the flexibility of solar thermal systems and ensure the continuity of energy supply. Experimental and numerical simulation results show that factors affecting the SCD thermal behavior of LTES device include heat transfer fluid temperature, volumetric flow, initial phase change material state, and metal foam.
Simultaneous charging and discharging (SCD) of the latent thermal energy storage (LTES) can improve the flexibility of solar thermal systems and ensure the continuity of energy supply. Experiments and numerical simulation are conducted in this study to reveal the SCD thermal behavior of LTES device using flat micro-heat pipe array-metal foam composite structure. The effects of heat transfer fluid (HTF) temperature, volumetric flow, initial phase change material (PCM) state, and metal foam are analyzed. Results show that PCM absorbs heat from hot HTF or releases heat to cold HTF at the beginning depending on the PCM and HTF temperatures. The SCD eventually reaches an approximate steady state, cold HTF exchanges heat directly with hot HTF, power and PCM temperature remain unchanged. Low cold HTF temperature quickly reaches steady state and low final PCM temperature but has no influence on steady state power. PCM initial state and metal foam porosity do not affect the steady state power and final PCM temperature. However, they affect the time to reach steady state. Metal foam pore density has no obvious effect on SCD. SCD has more stable discharging performance than single discharging, especially when the cold HTF temperature is high. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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