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 …

Recent advances in the solar water heating systems: A review

R Shukla, K Sumathy, P Erickson, J Gong - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
Solar water heating (SWH) systems have a widespread usage and applications in both
domestic and industrial sectors. According to Renewable Energy Policy Network data …

A review on technical improvements, economic feasibility and world scenario of solar water heating system

A Gautam, S Chamoli, A Kumar, S Singh - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
The solar water heating system (SWHS) is one of the most common application of solar
energy utilization system. The usage of solar water heating system is not commonly …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Numerical and experimental investigation on thermal stratification characteristics affected by the baffle plate in thermal storage tank

L Gao, H Lu, B Sun, D Che, L Dong - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to analyze the thermal stratification characteristics affected by the
central hole-type baffle plate in heat storage tank. The response surface method was used to …

The relation of collector and storage tank size in solar heating systems

K Çomaklı, U Çakır, M Kaya, K Bakirci - Energy Conversion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The most popular method to benefit from the solar energy is to use solar water heating
systems since it is one of the cheapest way to benefit from the solar energy. The investment …

Solar water heating systems feasibility for domestic requests in Tunisia: Thermal potential and economic analysis

M Hazami, N Naili, I Attar, A Farhat - Energy conversion and management, 2013 - Elsevier
The main goal of the present work is to study the energetic and the economic potential of the
deployment of Domestic Solar Water Heating systems (DSWHs) instead of using …

An adaptive-grid model for dynamic simulation of thermocline thermal energy storage systems

KM Powell, TF Edgar - Energy conversion and management, 2013 - Elsevier
The advent of the smart grid requires both reliable, cost-effective energy storage solutions
and the ability to accurately and efficiently simulate these systems. Thermocline thermal …