scholarly journals Experimental investigation of the transient thermo-mechanical behavior of a modular sensible heat storage system

2020 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 07013
Author(s):  
Henok Hailemariam ◽  
Frank Wuttke
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Heating Element ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Storage Unit ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Thermally Induced

This paper focuses on the experimental investigation of the transient thermo-mechanical behavior of a lab-scale prototype heat storage system. The experiment involves heating of the storage unit up to a set temperature of 70°C followed by a passive cooling, and monitoring the thermally induced strains and stresses in the sensible heat storage module. The results show a significant development of induced thermal strains and stresses in the heat storage unit upon heating, particularly at the interface between the embedded heating element and the soil.

Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Technology for Parabolic Trough

Solar Energy ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Tamme ◽  
Doerte Laing ◽  
Wolf-Dieter Steinmann
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Discharge Process ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Storage Unit ◽  
Solid Media

The availability of storage capacity plays an important role for the economic success of solar thermal power plants. For today’s parabolic trough power plants, sensible heat storage systems with operation temperatures between 300°C and 390°C can be used. A solid media sensible heat storage system is developed and will be tested in a parabolic trough test loop at PSA, Spain. A simulation tool for the analysis of the transient performance of solid media sensible heat storage systems has been implemented. The computed results show the influence of various parameters describing the storage system. While the effects of the storage material properties are limited, the selected geometry of the storage system is important. The evaluation of a storage system demands the analysis of the complete power plant and not only of the storage unit. Then the capacity of the system is defined by the electric work produced by the power plant, during a discharge process of the storage unit. The choice of the operation strategy for the storage system proves to be essential for the economic optimization.

Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Technology for Parabolic Trough

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 794-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Tamme ◽  
Doerte Laing ◽  
Wolf-Dieter Steinmann
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Discharge Process ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Storage Unit ◽  
Solid Media

The availability of storage capacity plays an important role for the economic success of solar thermal power plants. For today’s parabolic trough power plants, sensible heat storage systems with operation temperatures between 300°C and 390°C can be used. A solid media sensible heat storage system is developed and will be tested in a parabolic trough test loop at PSA, Spain. A simulation tool for the analysis of the transient performance of solid media sensible heat storage systems has been implemented. The computed results show the influence of various parameters describing the storage system. While the effects of the storage material properties are limited, the selected geometry of the storage system is important. The evaluation of a storage system demands the analysis of the complete power plant and not only of the storage unit. Then the capacity of the system is defined by the electric work produced by the power plant during a discharge process of the storage unit. The choice of the operation strategy for the storage system proves to be essential for the economic optimization.

Solid Media Thermal Storage Development and Analysis of Modular Storage Operation Concepts for Parabolic Trough Power Plants

2007 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doerte Laing ◽  
Wolf-Dieter Steinmann ◽  
Michael Fiß ◽  
Rainer Tamme ◽  
Thomas Brand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Economic Optimization ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Solid Media ◽  
Exergetic Analysis

Cost-effective integrated storage systems are important components for the accelerated market penetration of solarthermal power plants. Besides extended utilization of the power block, the main benefits of storage systems are improved efficiency of components, and facilitated integration into the electrical grids. For parabolic trough power plants using synthetic oil as the heat transfer medium, the application of solid media sensible heat storage is an attractive option in terms of investment and maintenance costs. For commercial oil trough technology, a solid media sensible heat storage system was developed and tested. One focus of the project was the cost reduction of the heat exchanger; the second focus lies in the energetic and exergetic analysis of modular storage operation concepts, including a cost assessment of these concepts. The results show that technically there are various interesting ways to improve storage performance. However, these efforts do not improve the economical aspect. Therefore, the tube register with straight parallel tubes without additional structures to enhance heat transfer has been identified as the best option concerning manufacturing aspects and investment costs. The results of the energetic and exergetic analysis of modular storage integration and operation concepts show a significant potential for economic optimization. An increase of more than 100% in storage capacity or a reduction of more than a factor of 2 in storage size and therefore investment cost for the storage system was calculated. A complete economical analysis, including the additional costs for this concept on the solar field piping and control, still has to be performed.

scholarly journals Experimental investigation of solid by-product as sensible heat storage material: Characterization and corrosion study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñigo Ortega-Fernández ◽  
Abdessamad Faik ◽  
Karthik Mani ◽  
Javier Rodriguez-Aseguinolaza ◽  
Bruno D’Aguanno
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Material Characterization ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Storage Material ◽  
Corrosion Study ◽  
Heat Storage Material

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the performance of adsorption heat storage system

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 10-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham O. Helaly ◽  
Mohamed M. Awad ◽  
Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy ◽  
Ahmed M. Hamed
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Adsorption Heat

scholarly journals Experimental evaluation of passive cooling using phase change materials (PCM) for reducing overheating in public building

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Ahmed ◽  
Monica Mateo-Garcia ◽  
Danny McGough ◽  
Kassim Caratella ◽  
Zafer Ure
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Storage Materials ◽  
Heat Storage Materials

Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is essential for the health and productivity of building users. The risk of overheating in buildings is increasing due to increased density of occupancy of people and heat emitting equipment, increase in ambient temperature due to manifestation of climate change or changes in urban micro-climate. One of the solutions to building overheating is to inject some exposed thermal mass into the interior of the building. There are many different types of thermal storage materials which typically includes sensible heat storage materials such as concrete, bricks, rocks etc. It is very difficult to increase the thermal mass of existing buildings using these sensible heat storage materials. Alternative to these, there are latent heat storage materials called Phase Change Materials (PCM), which have high thermal storage capacity per unit volume of materials making them easy to implement within retrofit project. The use of Passive Cooling Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems in the form of PCM PlusICE Solutions has been investigated in occupied spaces to improve indoor environmental quality. The work has been carried out using experimental set-up in existing spaces and monitored through the summer the months. The rooms have been monitored using wireless temperature and humidity sensors. There appears to be significant improvement in indoor temperature of up to 5°K in the room with the PCM compared to the monitored control spaces. The success of PCM for passive cooling is strongly dependent on the ventilation strategy employed in the spaces. The use of night time cooling to purge the stored thermal energy is essential for improved efficacy of the systems to reduce overheating in the spaces. The investigation is carried within the EU funded RESEEPEE project.

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