Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243747 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Energy Reports [ISSN:] 2352-4847 [Volume:] 6 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 294-301
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Thermal Energy Storage (TES) is an important challenge for the development and implementation of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. The heat can be stored in a sensible, thermochemical or latent form. Recently, the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) kind has gained the most of research interest as it has the advantage of increasing the energy density of the current commercial TES systems through the use of a Phase Change Materials (PCM). However, the main limitation of PCMs technology is the low thermal conductivity, which affects the system performances and lead to significant energy losses. In this sense, a good container design can impact positively the system performances. For that sake, several designs have been proposed to overcome the decreasing heat transfer rate. For this purpose, this study propose many enhancements and improvements of the fins method based on the integration of PCM in an exchanger with annular fins. The main objective of this paper is to study the impact of finned exchangers on the total flow transferred and also on the height of these annular fins. Finally, the physical model describing the thermal behavior of the studied system is developed and simulated after 80 min of charging process.
Subjects: 
Annular fins
Exchanger fins
Latent heat thermal energy storage
Length of the fins
Phase change material
Thermal conductivity
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