Thermal energy storage systems play a fundamental role in the storage of renewable energy
and in the recovery of useful heat generated from various systems. As an efficient and low …

Recent studies on the flow phenomena in stratified thermal-energy-storage (TES) systems
have shown that heat conduction from the hot upper fluid layer through the vertical tank …

Due to heat losses of preferential areas of packed-bed energy storage systems, transverse
temperature variations may occur during the charging, discharging and standby processes …

The demand for renewable energy sources is limited by their inherent intermittent nature.
The thermal energy storage technique overcomes this shortcoming by allowing storage of …

Thermocline based single media tanks (SMTs) have emerged as a popular choice for
storage of thermal energy in concentrated solar power plants. The motivation of the current …

A high-temperature air/ceramic thermocline packed-bed heat storage pilot was designed
and built to measure the effects of operating parameters and quality of the heat resource on …

A transverse temperature variation may occur in packed-bed systems during the
charging/discharging/standby processes due to heat losses of preferential areas, causing a …

The solar thermal-based hot water system has established itself as one of the prominent
options to achieve sustainable energy systems. Optimization of the solar water-heating …

This work experimentally investigates the dynamics of interaction between a propagating
vortex ring and density stratified interface of finite thickness. The flow evolution has been …

The evolution of vortex rings in isodensity and isoviscosity fluid has been studied analytically
using a novel mathematical model. The model predicts the spatiotemporal variation in peak …