Effect of eccentricity on melting behavior of paraffin in a horizontal tube-in-shell storage unit: An experimental study

Solar Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-298

  Yusuf Yazici, M ^a   Avci, Mete ^a   Aydin, Orhan ^a   Akgun, Mithat ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Melting; Paraffin; Thermal energy storage; Tube in shell

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRICITY; EFFECT OF ECCENTRICITIES; GEOMETRIC ORIENTATION; INLET TEMPERATURE; MELTING BEHAVIOR; SHELL-AND-TUBE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUBE-IN-SHELL;

HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; PARAFFINS; THERMAL ENERGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CONVECTION; ECCENTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MELTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAX;

EID: 84892987845     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Abhat A. Low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: heat storage materials. Sol. Energy 1983, 30:313-332.
2. Agyenim F., Hewitt N., Eames P., Symth M. A review of materials, heat transfer and phase change problem formulation for latent heat thermal energy storage systems (LHTESS). Renew. Sust. Energy Rev. 2010, 14:615-628.
3. Akgun M., Aydin O., Kaygusuz K. Thermal energy storage behavior of a paraffin during melting and solidification. Energy Source Part A 2007, 29:1315-1326.
4. Akgun M., Aydin O., Kaygusuz K. Experimental study on melting/solidification characteristics of a paraffin as PCM. Energy Convers. Manage. 2007, 48:669-678.
5. Akgun M., Aydin O., Kaygusuz K. Thermal energy storage performance of paraffin in a novel tube-in-shell system. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2008, 28:405-413.
6. Avci M., Yazici M.Y. Experimental study of thermal energy storage characteristics of a paraffin in a horizontal tube-in-shell storage unit. Energy Convers. Manage. 2013, 73:271-277.
7. Aydin O., Akgun M., Kaygusuz K. An experimental optimization study on a tube-in-shell latent heat storage. Int. J. Energy Res. 2007, 31:274-287.
8. Balikowski J.R., Mollendorf J.C. Performance of phase change materials in a horizontal annulus of a double-pipe heat exchanger in a water-circulating loop. J. Heat Transf. 2007, 129:265-272.
9. Castell A., Sole C., Medrano M., Roca J., Cabeza F.L., Garcia D. Natural convection heat transfer coefficients in phase change material (PCM) modules with external vertical fins. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2008, 28:1676-1686.
10. Dincer I., Rosen M.A. Thermal Energy Storage, Systems and Applications 2002, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
11. Dutta R., Atta A., Dutta T.P. Experimental and numerical study of heat transfer in horizontal concentric annulus containing phase change material. Can. J. Chem. Eng. 2008, 86:700-710.
12. Ettouney H.M., Alatigi I., Al-Sahali M., Al-Ali S.A. Heat transfer enhancement by metal screens and metal spheres in phase change energy storage systems. Renew. Energy 2004, 29:841-860.
13. Faith H.E. Technical assessment of solar thermal energy storage technologies. Renew. Energy 1998, 14:35-40.
14. Farid M.M., Khudhair A.M., Razack S.A.K., Al-Hallaj S. A review on phase change energy storage materials and applications. Energy Convers. Manage. 2004, 45:1597-1615.
15. Felix Regin A., Solanki S.C., Saini J.S. Heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules: a review. Renew. Sust. Energy Rev. 2008, 12:2438-2458.
16. Garg H.P., Mullick S.C., Bhargava A.K. Solar Thermal Energy Storage 1985, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordecht.
17. Haller M.Y., Cruickshank C.A., Streicher W., Harrison S.J., Anderson E., Furbo S. Methods to determine stratification efficiency of thermal energy storage processes - review and theoretical comparison. Sol. Energy 2009, 83:1847-1860.
18. Hasnain S.M. Review on sustainable thermal energy storage technologies. Part I: heat storage materials and techniques. Energy Convers. Manage. 1998, 39:1127-1138.
19. Hosseini M.J., Ranjbar A.A., Sedighi K., Rahimi M. A combined experimental and computational study on the melting behavior of a medium temperature phase change storage inside shell and tube heat exchanger. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf. 2012, 39:1416-1424.
20. Jegadheeswaran S., Pohekar Sanjay D. Performance enhancement in latent heat thermal storage system: a review. Renew. Sust. Energy Rev. 2009, 13:2225-2244.
21. Jesumathy S.P., Udayakumar M., Suresh S. Heat transfer characteristics in latent heat storage system using paraffin wax. J. Mech. Sci. Technol. 2012, 26:959-965.
22. Jian-you L. Numerical and experimental investigation for heat transfer in triplex concentric tube with phase change material for thermal energy storage. Sol. Energy 2008, 82:977-985.
23. Lacroix M. Study of the heat-transfer behavior of a latent-heat thermal energy storage unit with a finned tube. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 1993, 36:2083-2092.
24. Lane G.A. Solar Heat Storage: Latent Heat Materials 1983, vol. 1. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
25. Liu Z., Sun X., Ma C. Experimental investigations on the characteristics of melting processes of stearic acidin an annulus and its thermal conductivity enhancement by fins. Energy Convers. Manage. 2005, 46:959-969.
26. Liu Z., Sun X., Ma C. Experimental study of the characteristics of solidification of stearic acid in an annulus and its thermal conductivity enhancement. Energy. Convers. Manage. 2005, 46:971-984.
27. Sari A., Kaygusuz K. Thermal performance of myristic acid as a phase change material for energy storage application. Renew. Energy 2001, 24:303-317.
28. Seeniraj R.V., Velraj R., Narasimhan N.L. Thermal analysis of a finned-tube LHTS module for a solar dynamic power system. Heat Mass Transf. 2002, 38:409-417.
29. Sharma S.D., Sagara K. Latent heat storage materials and systems: a review. Int. J. Green Energy 2005, 2:1-56.
30. Shmueli H., Ziskind G., Letan R. Melting in a vertical cylindrical tube: numerical investigation and comparison with experiments. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53:4082-4091.
31. Tao Y.B., He Y.L., Qu Z.G. Numerical study on performance of molten salt phase change thermal energy storage system with enhanced tube. Sol. Energy 2012, 86:1155-1163.
32. Trp A. An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer during technical grade paraffin melting and solidification in a shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage unit. Sol. Energy 2005, 79:648-660.
33. Velraj R., Seeniraj R.V., Hafner B., Faber C., Schwarzer K. Heat transfer enhancement in a latent heat storage system. Sol. Energy 1999, 65:171-180.
34. Zalba B., Marin J.M., Cabeza L.F., Mehling H. Review on thermal energy storage with phase change: materials, heat transfer analysis and applications. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2003, 23:251-283.
35. Zhang Y.W., Faghri A. Heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage system by using the internally finned tube. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 1996, 39:3165-3173.