A NEW SOLAR RECEIVER THERMAL STORE FOR SPACE-BASED ACTIVITIES USING MULTIPLE COMPOSITE PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS

被引:31
作者
GONG, ZX
MUJUMDAR, AS
机构
[1] Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal
来源
JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME | 1995年 / 117卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1115/1.2847798
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
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
A new solar receiver latent thermal energy storage module for space-based activities is proposed. It is different from a conventional module (which uses a single phase-change material (PCM)); this module uses a composite configuration of multiple PCMs. A finite element model is presented which simulates the transient cyclic thermal process involved. Computations have been carried out to investigate the potential advantages of a composite multi-PCM store over a single PCM store. Numerical results indicate that variation of the fluid outlet temperature can be significantly reduced by appropriate selection of multiple composite PCMs.
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