Effect of a latent heat thermal energy storage unit used in project

Author

Wei, Li

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energy & Mech. Eng., Tianjin Inst. of Urban Construct, Tianjin, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 July 2011

Firstpage

3084

Lastpage

3086

Abstract

The latent heat thermal energy storage system using phase change material (PCM) is quite attractive, mainly due to their high energy storage density and their ability to provide heat in a narrow temperature range. A latent heat thermal energy storage unit is designed, which is installed conveniently and have a fast period of charge and discharge. The latent heat thermal energy storage unit is applied to a demonstration project in conjunction with solar collectors and tank. Results showed that the designed unit in this paper eases the large fluctuations of water temperature in tank and make the system work more stably. The latent heat thermal energy storage unit plays a significant role in project.

Keywords

latent heat; phase change materials; solar absorber-convertors; thermal energy storage; PCM; high energy storage density; latent heat thermal energy storage unit; phase change material; solar collectors; tank; Facsimile; Heating; demonstration projects; latent heat thermal energy storage; solar collector; tank;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2011 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hohhot

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9436-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2011.5987641

Filename

5987641