A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in a medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins

被引：626

作者：

Agyenim, Francis ^{[1
]}

Eames, Philip ^{[2
]}

Smyth, Mervyn ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ulster, Ctr Sustainable Technol, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, North Ireland

[2] Univ Loughborough, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY | 2009年 / 83卷 / 09期

关键词：

Erythritol; Phase change material; Temperature gradient; PHASE-CHANGE; FINNED-TUBE; SOLIDIFICATION; SYSTEM; MODELS; AIR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solener.2009.04.007

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

080707 [能源环境工程]; 082001 [油气井工程];

摘要：

An experimental energy storage system has been designed using a horizontal concentric tube heat exchanger incorporating a medium temperature phase change material (PCM) Erythritol, with a melting point of 117.7 degrees C. Three experimental configurations, a control system with no heat transfer enhancement and systems augmented with circular and longitudinal fins have been studied. The results presented compare the system heat transfer characteristics using isotherm plots and temperature-time curves. The system With longitudinal fins gave the best performance with increased thermal response during charging and reduced subcooling in the melt during discharging. The experimentally measured data for the control, circular finned and longitudinal finned systems have been shown to vindicate the assumption of axissymmetry (direction parallel to the heat transfer fluid flow) using temperature gradients in the axial. radial and angular directions in the double pipe PCM system. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1509 / 1520

页数：12

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