Sensible heat thermal storage energy and exergy performance evaluations

G Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Sensible heat thermal energy storage has been drawing increasing attention for various
applications for many years, which is an important technology for solving the time …

CFD applications for sensible heat storage: A comprehensive review of numerical studies

T Chekifi, M Boukraa - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Sensible heat thermal storage systems store energy in a medium to which heat is added or
removed, providing a simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-control for energy storage. The …

Pumped thermal energy storage with heat pump-ORC-systems: Comparison of latent and sensible thermal storages for various fluids

B Ep**er, L Zigan, J Karl, S Will - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
To compensate for the recurring daily fluctuations of the power generation of renewable
energies, energy storage systems are necessary that are able to adjust the time shift of the …

Stratification analysis of domestic hot water storage tanks: A comprehensive review

YP Chandra, T Matuska - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
To assure high quality thermal storage and high efficiency of its acquisition, thermal
stratification is often employed in domestic hot water tanks. The whole motivation of …

Experimental and numerical research of thermal stratification with a novel inlet in a dynamic hot water storage tank

Z Wang, H Zhang, B Dou, H Huang, W Wu, Z Wang - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Heat storage is an important task in the use of solar energy; in particular, the use of water as
the thermal storage medium is one of key technologies in solar thermal energy utilization …

Optimized flow distributor for stabilized thermal stratification in a single-medium thermocline storage tank: A numerical and experimental study

W Lou, B **e, J Aubril, Y Fan, L Luo, A Arrivé - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of flow injection on the temperature stratification inside
single-medium thermocline storage tanks. Special focus is given on how to maintain the …

Modeling and simulation of cryogenic propellant tank pressurization in normal gravity

E Lan, S Shi, W Ji, M Ishii - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The self-pressurization process of cryogenic propellant storage under a normal gravity
condition often involves turbulent mixing in the liquid region and complex flow fields in the …

Parametric analysis of a sensible heat storage unit in an indirect solar dryer using computational fluid dynamics

D Chaatouf, M Salhi, B Raillani, S Amraqui… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The non-continuity of the drying process after sunset is one of the most significant limitations
with solar dryers that has an impact on product quality and drying time. To overcome this …

Numerical prediction of the stratification performance in domestic hot water storage tanks

YP Chandra, T Matuska - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An efficient storage retains thermal stratification and improves the discharging performance.
Turbulent mixing between hot and cold water is the prime source of stratification destruction …

Transient evolution of thermal stratification and passive flow guidance inside a heat exchanger immersed thermal energy storage tank

MWK Jaber, A Güngör, E Canli, AH Abdulkarim… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal stratification is being studied globally for thermal storage tanks while natural
convection motion has a high impact on the phenomenon. Therefore, in this work, a conical …