Open AccessExperimental characterization of a Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage using pebbles for charging
Author(s) -
Piyush Sharma,
C. Kshetrimayum,
T. A. Faruqui,
Aranya Chauhan,
Pratim Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/912/4/042063
Subject(s) - thermal energy storage , sensible heat , thermal conductivity , heat flux , thermal , materials science , energy storage , porosity , mechanics , heat transfer , thermodynamics , nuclear engineering , composite material , power (physics) , physics , engineering
In today’s world, where reduction in the carbon footprints is emphasised, people are looking for alternative source of energies for power production and heat treatment of metals and alloys. One such alternative source is solar energy but due to intermittent nature a thermal energy storage (TES) is required in order to deal with heat flux that varies throughout the day so as to supply a constant power. In the present study, the characterization of the sensible heat thermal energy storage (SHTES) packed with sensible heat storage material are considered. The size of pebbles varies between 20-25mm with porosity of the SHTES as 40%. The flow rate is 40 LPM and TES was charged for 8 hours. It has been noticed that when the temperature of the inlet air is around 180°C, the temperature of the top surface of the TES is around 70°C which states that for TES high thermal conductivity materials are required so that charging and discharging can take place at faster rate. The azimuthal and axial variation of temperature is also shown and it is concluded that even after low thermal conductivity of the material azimuthal variation can be neglected for the sake of modeling the TES.