Thermal energy storage analyses and designs / Pei-Wen Li, Cholik Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Pei-Wen, author.

Chan, Cho Lik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat storage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; San Diego, California : Elsevier, [2017]

Summary:

Thermal Energy Storage Analyses and Designs considers the significance of thermal energy storage systems over other systems designed to handle large quantities of energy, comparing storage technologies and emphasizing the importance, advantages, practicalities, and operation of thermal energy storage for large quantities of energy production.Including chapters on thermal storage system configuration, operation, and delivery processes, in particular the flow distribution, flow arrangement, and control for the thermal charge and discharge processes for single or multiple thermal storage containers, the book is a useful reference for engineers who design, install, or maintain storage systems.- Includes computer code for thermal storage analysis, including code flow charts- Contains a database of material properties relevant to storage- Provides example cases of input and output data for the code

Contents:

Front Cover

Thermal Energy Storage Analyses and Designs

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. The Significance of Energy Storage to Renewable Energy Technologies

1.2. A Brief Introduction to Energy Storage Technologies

1.3. Examples of Industrial Applications of Thermal Energy Storage

References

Chapter 2: Thermal Storage System Configurations and Basic Operation

2.1. The Scenario of Ideal Thermal Storage (Heat or Cold)

2.2. Thermocline Thermal Storage System Using HTF Alone

2.3. Thermocline Thermal Storage System With Packed Bed and a Heat Transfer Fluid

2.3.1. Packed Bed Using Pebbles of Solid Material for Sensible Energy Storage

2.3.2. PCMs Encapsulated as Fillers for Packed Beds

2.3.3. PCMs and PCM-Sensible Hybrid Packed Bed Thermal Storage

2.3.4. Solid Block Thermal Storage With HTF Pipes Embedded

2.4. Thermochemical Energy Storage Technologies

Chapter 3: Thermal Energy Storage Materials

3.1. Thermal Storage Associated With Different Types of Media

3.2. Fluids for Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage Applications

3.2.1. Criterion for Selection of Fluids for Heat Transport Purposes

3.2.2. Entropy Production in the Thermal Transport Process in a CSP System

3.2.3. Entropy Production Rate Due to Pressure Losses

3.2.4. Discussion and Examples of Evaluation of several Heat Transfer Fluids

3.3. Solid Materials for Sensible Thermal Storage

3.4. Solid Particles and Heat Transfer Fluids Mixture for Thermal Storage

3.5. Phase Change Materials for Latent Heat Thermal Storage

3.6. Degradation of Thermal Storage Materials and Corrosion of Metals

Further reading

Chapter 4: Mathematical Models and Numerical Solutions for Thermal Storage Processes

4.1. Ideal Thermal Storage Using Liquid Alone.

4.2. One-Dimensional Model for Dual-Media Packed-Bed Sensible Thermal Storage

4.2.1. Energy Delivery Efficiency

4.2.2. Heat Transfer Area Ss and Heat Transfer Coefficient h in Different Types of Storage Systems

4.2.3. Conduction Effects in the Solid Particles or Integrated Solid Region

4.2.4. Numerical Solution for the One-Dimensional Model for Dual-Media Sensible Thermal Storage

4.2.5. Computer Code for the One-Dimensional Computation Analysis

4.2.6. Numerical Results for the Temperature Variation in Packed Bed Sensible Energy Storage

4.3. One-Dimensional Heat Transfer Model for Encapsulated PCM Packed Bed

4.3.1. Mathematical Model

4.3.2. Numerical Method and Procedures of Solution

4.3.3. Examples of Results From Numerical Solution for Packed Bed of PCM Capsules

Variable Heat Transfer Fluid Temperature at the Inlet

4.4. Validity of One-Dimensional Models of Sensible and Latent Heat Thermal Storage

4.4.1. Sensible Thermal Storage

Computational Specifications

Grid and Time Step Independent Study

Comparison of CFD Results and the Results From 1D Modeling

4.4.2. Latent-Heat Thermal Storage

4.5. Models Directly Compute Heat Conduction in Solid and HTF

Appendix. Structure of the Computer Code for Dual-Media Thermal Storage Analysis

Chapter 5: Discharged Fluid Temperatures From a Thermal Storage System-The Key Parameter for Utilization of Stored Therma ...

5.1. Example of Fluid Alone Sensible Thermal Storage

5.2. Example of Packed Beds by Solid Filler Material for Sensible Heat Storage

5.2.1. Multiple Energy Charges and Discharges to Approach Cyclic Steady-State Operation

5.3. Packed-Bed by Encapsulated PCM for Latent Heat Thermal Storage

5.3.1. Multiple Energy Charge and Discharges to Approach Cyclic Steady-State Operation for Latent Heat Thermal Storage.

5.4. Multiple Layers of Packed Bed With Different PCM of Different Phase Change Temperatures

Chapter 6: Volume Sizing for Desired Energy Storage Tasks

6.1. Required Mass Flow Rate of Heat Transfer Fluid for Power Demand

6.2. Determining the Thermal Storage Volumes for Desired Quantity of Energy Storage

6.2.1. HTF as the Only Thermal Storage Medium

6.2.2. Solid and HTF Dual-Media Sensible Thermal Storage

6.2.3. PCM and HTF Dual-Media Thermal Storage

6.3. Examples of Sizing of Thermal Storage System Applied to Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Systems

6.3.1. Calibration Analysis for Existing Storage Volume to Meet a Demand

6.3.2. Examples of Storage Tank Size Design for Sensible Energy Storage

6.3.3. Examples of Storage Tank Size Design for PCM Energy Storage

6.4. Cold Storage Analysis for Desired Cooling

Chapter 7: Thermal Storage System Construction and Mechanical Issues

7.1. Pump and Motor Connection

7.2. High Pressure at Bottom for Thermal Storage Tanks

7.3. Thermal Expansion and Thermal Cycles

7.4. Freezing and Melting of Fluid in Tanks and Pipes

7.5. Low Corrosivity and Toxicity of Thermal Storage materials

Chapter 8: Thermal Insulation of Thermal Storage Containers

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-12-809233-5