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Granular phase change materials for thermal energy storage: experiments and numerical simulations

Mohamed Rady
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The present article reports on the utilization of granular phase change composites (GPCC) of small particle diameter (1-3 mm) in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems. The phase changing parameters (phase change temperature, latent heat, and energy storage capacity) of GPCC have been determined using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and temperature-history methods. Further analysis of measurement results has been conducted to describe the evolution of latent heat with temperature during phase change in terms of liquid fraction-temperature relationships. Charging and discharging packed bed column experiments have been also carried out for different operating conditions to analyze the potential of GPCC for packed bed thermal energy storage. The present column results clearly demonstrate the dependence of temperature variation along the packed bed and the overall performance of the storage unit on the phase change characteristics of GPCC. Small and non-uniform particles diameters of GPCC and heterogeneity of the bed material complicate the phenomena of heat transfer and evolution of latent heat in the packed bed. Mathematical modeling of the packed bed that considers the GPCC and air as two separate phases with inter-phase heat transfer is presented. Comparisons between experimental and numerical results are used to evaluate the sensitivity of numerical simulations to different model parameters.

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hal-00614642 , version 1 (14-08-2011)

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Mohamed Rady. Granular phase change materials for thermal energy storage: experiments and numerical simulations. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2010, 29 (14-15), pp.3149. ⟨10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.04.018⟩. ⟨hal-00614642⟩

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