Experimental and analytical study on continuous frozen/melting processes of latent thermal energy storage driven by bubble flow

Shen Tian, Jiahui Ma, Shuangquan Shao, Qingfeng Tian, Zhiqiang Wang, Zheyu Zhang and Kaiyong Hu

Energy, 2024, vol. 290, issue C

Abstract: It is emphasized direct contact method that introduced to the frozen/melting processes has a high value of development due to the role for mitigating thermal stratification, reducing phase separation and enhancing heat transfer efficiency. However, the absence of fixed solid heat transfer walls can lead to discontinuous switch and difficult-to-control problem during frozen/melting processes. In this paper, the latent thermal energy storage device driven by bubble flow is experimentally investigated. With the usage of low melting point paraffin and the pattern of free expansion in a cabinet, continuous switch between the frozen and the melting process can be realized. Phase change processes, temperatures, heat transfer efficiency, volume change and pressure drops are measured and analyzed. A dynamic analytical model to describe the processes is also developed based on the ε - NTU method. The results show that the heat transfer efficiency can reach to 0.8 at least in all the experimental cases. Moreover, this study records the pressure difference of the gas flow, predicts the required input mechanical work and analyses the volumetric heat transfer coefficient, which help to reveal feasibility of the device.

Keywords: Bubble flow driven; Direct contact heat transfer; Frozen and melting processes; Phase change; Latent thermal energy storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.130244

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