Solar Thermal Energy Storage with Phase Change Material - Heat Exchanger Design and Heat Transfer Analysis

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10.2991/icsd-16.2017.83How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Thermal; Energy Storage; Heat Exchanger; Design; Phase Change Material; Heat Transfer; Simulation; Testing

Abstract

Solar energy is clean and sustainable but intermittent in nature. Efficient storage of solar thermal energy is critical for its wider applications. This paper presents design and research on a thermal energy storage unit using phase change material (PCM). Aprototype of PCM heat exchanger with a helical coil tube was designed and fabricated for solar thermal energy storage, and was tested on a solar thermal experimental apparatus. This paper discusses the design concepts, selection of materials, as well as heat transfer analysis with the CFD tool Ansys Fluent.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xi-Li Duan
AU  - Josh Roul
AU  - Stephan Ryan
AU  - Skylar Hodder
AU  - John Stamp
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Solar Thermal Energy Storage with Phase Change Material - Heat Exchanger Design and Heat Transfer Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd 2016 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 370
EP  - 372
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsd-16.2017.83
DO  - 10.2991/icsd-16.2017.83
ID  - Duan2016/12
ER  -