Thermal performance of a solar‐assisted heat pump drying system with thermal energy storage tank and heat recovery unit

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 3426-3445
Author(s):  
Hatem Hasan Ismaeel ◽  
Recep Yumrutaş





Author(s):  
Michael J. Kazmierczak ◽  
Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Abhishek Gupta

Experiments were performed to charge either cold or hot water thermal energy storage tanks using a heat exchanger equipped with multiple thermoelectric (TE) modules. The primary objective was to design a simple, but effective, modular Peltier heat pump system component to provide chilled or hot water for domestic use at the appliance level, and when arranged in multiple unit combinations, a system that can potentially satisfy small home cooling and heating requirements. Moreover, when the TEs are directly energized using solar PV panels, the system provides a renewable, pollution free and off-the-grid solution to supplement home energy needs. The present work focuses on the design and testing of a thermoelectric heat exchanger component that consists of two water channels machined from two aluminum plates with an array of three or five thermoelectric modules placed in between to transiently cool and/or heat the water in the thermal energy storage tank. The water passing over either the cold or hot side of the TE modules is recirculated to charge the cold or hot thermal storage tank, respectively. The temperatures in the prototype Peltier heat exchanger test component and thermal energy water storage tank were measured during both cold tank charging and hot tank charging operation. The thermal efficiencies of TE heat pump cooling/heating system are reported. The effects of TE power input, number of TE units and rate of fluid flow are studied.





Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 2547
Author(s):  
Abdelrahman El-Leathy ◽  
Sheldon Jeter ◽  
Hany Al-Ansary ◽  
Said Abdel-Khalik ◽  
Jonathan Roop ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Tutumlu ◽  
Recep Yumrutaş ◽  
Murtaza Yildirim

This study deals with mathematical modeling and energy analysis of an ice rink cooling system with an underground thermal energy storage tank. The cooling system consists of an ice rink, chiller unit, and spherical thermal energy storage tank. An analytical model is developed for finding thermal performance of the cooling system. The model is based on formulations for transient heat transfer problem outside the thermal energy storage tank, for the energy needs of chiller unit, and for the ice rink. The solution of the thermal energy storage tank problem is obtained using a similarity transformation and Duhamel superposition techniques. Analytical expressions for heat gain of the ice rink and energy consumption of the chiller unit are derived as a function of inside design air, ambient air, and thermal energy storage tank temperatures. An interactive computer program in Matlab based on the analytical model is prepared for finding hourly variation of water temperature in the thermal energy storage tank, coefficient of performance of the chiller, suitable storage tank volume depending on ice rink area, and timespan required to attain an annually periodic operating condition. Results indicate that operation time of span 6–7 years will be obtained periodically for the system during 10 years operating time.





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