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Optimization of Design Variables of a Phase Change Material Storage Tank and Comparison of a 2D Implicit vs. 2D Explicit Model

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العنوان: Optimization of Design Variables of a Phase Change Material Storage Tank and Comparison of a 2D Implicit vs. 2D Explicit Model
المؤلفون: Crespo, Alicia, Zsembinszki, Gabriel, Vérez, David, Borri, Emiliano, Fernàndez Camon, César, Cabeza, Luisa F., Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de
بيانات النشر: MDPI
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Universitat de Lleida: Repositori Obert UdL
مصطلحات موضوعية: Phase change material, Numerical model, Design variables optimization, Latent heatthermal energy storage, 2D implicit vs. 2D explicit model comparison
الوصف: In this study, a thermal energy storage tank filled with commercial phase change material flat slabs is investigated. The tank provides heat at around 15 C to the evaporator of a seasonal thermal energy storage system developed under the EU-funded project SWS-Heating. A 2D numerical model of the phase changed material storage tank based on the finite control volume approach was developed and validated with experimental data. Based on the validated model, an optimization was performed to identify the number, type and configuration of slabs. The final goal of the phase change material tank model is to be implemented into the whole generic heating system model. A trade-off between results' accuracy and computational time of the phase change material model is needed. Therefore, a comparison between a 2D implicit and 2D explicit scheme of the model was performed. The results showed that using an explicit scheme instead of an implicit scheme with a reasonable number of nodes (15 to 25) in the heat transfer fluid direction allowed a considerable decrease in the computational time (7 times for the best case) with only a slight reduction in the accuracy in terms on mean average percentage error (0.44%). ; This project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innova-tion Programme under grant agreement No. 764025 (SWS-HEATING). This work was partiallyfunded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades de España (RTI2018-093849-B-C31—MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE) and by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades—AgenciaEstatal de Investigación (AEI) (RED2018-102431-T). This work is partially supported by ICREAunder the ICREA Academia programme. Alicia Crespo would also like to acknowledge the financialsupport of the FI-SDUR grant from the AGAUR of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Secretariad’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1996-1073
Relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-093849-B-C31/ES/METODOLOGIA PARA EL ANALISIS DE TECNOLOGIAS DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA HACIA UNA ECONOMIA CIRCULAR/; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICIU//RED2018-102431-T/ES/RED ESPAÑOLA EN ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA/; Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092605; Energies, 2021, vol. 14, p. 2605-1-2605-15; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/764025/EU/SWS-HEATING; http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71214; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092605
DOI: 10.3390/en14092605
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71214
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092605
Rights: cc-by (c) Crespo, Alicia et al., 2021 ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.E7ADCF79
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:19961073
DOI:10.3390/en14092605