An Ice Storage System using Supercooled Water
Abstract
The storage and melting characteristics of slurry-ice mixtures in several tanks were investigated exprimentally. For ice storage processes, three different kinds ofice-feeding methods were tested in connection with the fluidizable water-ice two-phase mixture produced in the system. It was confirmed that the achievable bulk IPF in any tank and using any of these methods was 30-40% under stable operational conditions. For ice melting processes, two different kinds of methods were considered and tested. Both were advantageous in that almost all ice stored in a tank could be consumed, thereby maintaining high system performance. By a modeling analysis of ice melting processes in the tank, it was possible to predict accurately the time history of tank outlet water temperatures.
- Publication:
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Transactions of the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Pub Date:
- 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011TRACE..12..263M
- Keywords:
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- Ice Storage System;
- Ice Storage Tank;
- Ice Storage Process;
- Ice Melting Process;
- Water-ice Two-phase Mixture