Experimental investigations on the thermal energy storage performance of shell and tube unit with composite phase change materials

Zhaoyang Niu; Jiabang Yu; Xin Cui; Xiaohu Yang; Yanjun Sun; Jinyue Yan

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.704

Experimental investigations on the thermal energy storage performance of shell and tube unit with composite phase change materials

Zhaoyang Niu
, Jiabang Yu
, Xin Cui
, Xiaohu Yang
, Yanjun Sun
, Jinyue Yan

School of Energy and Power Engineering

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Abstract

This work presented experimental investigations on the thermal energy storage performance of the shell and tube unit with composite phase change materials (PCM). A cylindrical heat storage tank filled with open-cell copper foam was proposed and its melting process characteristics were studied. A designed test system was established to record the PCM real-time temperature data. The results showed that, compared with traditional smooth-tube phase-change heat exchangers, the composite PCM unit accelerated the bottom paraffin melting. The temperature disparity among different height reduced, which resulted in better internal temperature uniformity. Due to the expanded heat transfer area, improved heat transfer coefficient and weakened natural convection, the bottom phase-change materials in the composite-PCM heat-storage unit melt faster.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4889-4896
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	158
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.704
State	Published - 2019
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2018 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 22 Aug 2018 → 25 Aug 2018

Keywords

Fined tube
Melting phase change
Metal foam
Thermal energy storage

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Experimental investigations on the thermal energy storage performance of shell and tube unit with composite phase change materials

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