Development of industrial PCM heat storage prototype
conference paper
A 140 liter lab scale shell-and-tube PCM heat storage was built and tested, and the experimental results were compared to a numerical model. Natural convection in the PCM was found to significantly influence the temperature distribution in the storage vessel. A horizontal orientation was found to be beneficial due to increased heat exchange during charging (melting).
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TNO Identifier
822204
Publisher
ECN
Source title
11th International Renewable Energy Storage conference (IRES 20170), Düsseldorf, Germany, 14-16 maart 2017.
Collation
10 p.
Place of publication
Petten
Pages
10 p.
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