An experimental study of single medium thermocline thermal energy storage
Abstract
Experiments were conducted on a 4.54 cu m single medium thermocline facility to determine the feasibility of the thermocline thermal energy storage concept on a large scale and to determine the relative importance of each of the five heat loss mechanisms present in such a system. The results of heat loss tests, static thermocline cool down tests and charge/discharge tests are presented. A simple one-dimensional model is proposed for the prediction of the temperature field during a cool down test in which a thermocline is present. The model agrees well with experiment.
- Publication:
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AIAA and ASME, 3rd Joint Thermophysics, Fluids, Plasma and Heat Transfer Conference
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982jtfp.confQ....G
- Keywords:
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- Cooling;
- Heat Storage;
- Solar Energy Conversion;
- Thermoclines;
- Mathematical Models;
- Performance Tests;
- Static Tests;
- Storage Tanks;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Thermal Insulation;
- Thermosiphons;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer