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).
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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