Thermal Energy Storage in Porous Media : Design and Applications / Xiaohu Yang, Ming-jia Li, and Jinyue Yan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Xiaohu, 1966- author.

Li, Ming-jia, author.

Yan, Jinyue, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat storage.

Porous materials--Thermal properties.

Porous materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier Inc., [2025]

Summary:

Thermal Energy Storage in Porous Media introduces the new design concepts and operation strategies for the core part of heat and mass transfer in thermal energy storage tanks.

Contents:

Front Cover

Thermal Energy Storage in Porous Media: Design and Applications

Copyright

Contents

Chapter 1: An introduction to thermal energy storage

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Thermal energy storage

1.2.1. Sensible heat storage

1.2.2. Latent heat storage

1.3. Classification of PCMs

1.3.1. Organic and inorganic PCMs

1.3.2. Temperature range for heat storage

1.4. Chemical heat storage

References

Chapter 2: Porous media enhanced thermal storage

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Methods of enhancing heat transfer of PCMs

2.2.1. Fin enhancement

2.2.2. Nano additive

2.2.3. Porous media support

2.2.4. Hybrids of additives

2.3. Classification of porous media for enhancing phase change

2.3.1. Metal foam

2.3.2. Carbon foam

2.3.3. Graphite foam

2.3.4. Expanded graphite

2.4. Fabrication routine on metal foam

2.4.1. Liquid-state processing method

2.4.1.1. Casting method

2.4.1.2. Direct foaming of metals

2.4.2. Solid-state processing method

2.4.2.1. Slurry foaming

2.4.2.2. Sintering of metal powders and fibers

2.4.3. Electrodeposition method

2.4.4. 3D printing

2.5. Fabrication on composite PCM with metal foam

2.6. Effective thermal conductivity of composite PCM with metal foam

2.7. Closing

Chapter 3: Energy charging/discharging system design and experimental results on a composite phase change material

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Experimental device design

3.3. Charging/discharging system design

3.4. Experimental procedures and schemes

3.5. Experimental uncertainty analysis

3.6. Experimental results discussion

3.6.1. Simplification of dimensions

3.6.2. Propagation of solid-liquid phase interface

3.6.2.1. Melting at different heating temperatures and same cooling temperature.

3.6.2.2. Solidification at different cooling temperatures and same heating temperature

3.6.3. Temperature distribution

3.6.3.1. Melting at different heating temperatures and same cooling temperature

3.6.3.2. Solidification at different cooling temperatures and same heating temperature

3.6.4. Temperature response

3.6.4.1. Melting at different heating temperatures and same cooling temperature

3.6.4.2. Solidification at different cooling temperatures and same heating temperature

3.7. Closing

Chapter 4: Numerical modeling on the melting phase change process: Volume-average and pore-scale methods

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Volume average method for porous media

4.3. Modeling fluid transport in porous media

4.3.1. Permeability

4.3.2. Inertial coefficient

4.3.3. Pressure drop

4.4. Modeling thermal transport in porous media

4.4.1. Heat conduction

4.4.2. Thermal dispersion coefficient

4.4.3. Interstitial heat transfer coefficient

4.5. Pore-scale numerical simulation (PNS)

4.5.1. Reconstruction of porous structure

4.5.2. Governing equations

4.6. Numerical procedure

4.6.1. Boundary/initial conditions

4.6.2. Sensitivity test

4.7. Model verification

4.7.1. Comparison of temperature

4.7.2. Comparison of liquid fraction

4.8. Case study on melting of a composite PCM in an enclosure

4.8.1. Solid-liquid interface

4.8.2. Temperature field

4.8.3. Velocity field

4.8.4. Heat transfer performance

4.9. Closing

Chapter 5: Melting/solidification process in the axial-gradient structure of a vertical thermal storage tank

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Design of the LHTES unit filled by graded metal foam

5.3. Melting/solidification with the axial-gradient porosity

5.3.1. Phase interface evolution

5.3.2. Liquid fraction.

5.3.3. Temperature field and response

5.3.4. Velocity distribution

5.3.5. Heat storage capacity

5.4. Melting/solidification with the axial-gradient pore density

5.4.1. Phase interface evolution

5.4.2. Liquid fraction

5.4.3. Temperature field and response

5.4.4. Velocity distribution

5.4.5. Heat storage capacity

5.5. Optimization of axial gradient porosity

5.6. Closing

Chapter 6: Melting/solidification process in the radial gradient structure of a vertical thermal storage tank

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Design of the latent heat TES unit filled by graded metal foam

6.3. Melting/solidification with the radial-gradient porosity

6.3.1. Phase interface evolution

6.3.2. Liquid fraction

6.3.3. Temperature field and response

6.3.4. Velocity distribution

6.3.5. Heat storage capacity

6.4. Melting/solidification with radial-gradient pore density

6.4.1. Phase interface evolution

6.4.2. Liquid fraction

6.4.3. Temperature field and response

6.4.4. Velocity distribution

6.4.5. Heat storage capacity

6.5. Optimization on porosity distribution

6.6. Closing

Chapter 7: Melting/solidification process in the radial gradient structure of a horizontal thermal storage tank

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Design of the LHS unit filled by graded metal foam

7.3. Melting/solidification with radial gradient porosity

7.3.1. Phase interface evolution

7.3.2. Liquid fraction

7.3.3. Temperature field and response

7.3.4. Velocity distribution

7.3.5. Heat storage capacity

7.4. Melting/solidification features with radial gradient pore density

7.4.1. Phase interface evolution

7.4.2. Liquid fraction

7.4.3. Temperature field and response

7.4.4. Velocity distribution

7.4.5. Heat storage capacity

7.5. Optimization of radial gradient porosity.

7.6. Comparison on energy charging/discharging performance for thermal storage tank with gradient metal foam

7.7. Closing

Chapter 8: Applications of metal foam enhanced thermal energy storage

8.1. Introduction

8.2. TES in building

8.3. Mobile TES

8.4. Thermal energy storage in peak load regulation

8.5. Conclusions

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780443160974

044316097X

9780443160967

0443160961

OCLC:

1513419976