Magnetically-accelerated large-capacity solar-thermal energy storage within high-temperature phase-change materials

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1613-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Tao ◽  
Chao Chang ◽  
Zhen Tong ◽  
Hua Bao ◽  
Chengyi Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
High Temperature Phase ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Solar Thermal Energy ◽  
Salt Phase

Magnetically-accelerated optical charging doubles solar-thermal energy harvesting rates while fully maintaining the storage capacity of high-temperature molten salt phase change materials.

scholarly journals Effects of Total Thermal Balance on the Thermal Energy Absorbed or Released by a High-Temperature Phase Change Material

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Suset Rodríguez-Alemán ◽  
Ernesto M. Hernández-Cooper ◽  
Rolando Pérez-Álvarez ◽  
José A. Otero
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermodynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
High Temperature Phase ◽  
Thermal Balance ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Solid Interface

Front tracking and enthalpy methods used to study phase change processes are based on a local thermal energy balance at the liquid–solid interface where mass accommodation methods are also used to account for the density change during the phase transition. Recently, it has been shown that a local thermal balance at the interface does not reproduce the thermodynamic equilibrium in adiabatic systems. Total thermal balance through the entire liquid–solid system can predict the correct thermodynamic equilibrium values of melted (solidified) mass, system size, and interface position. In this work, total thermal balance is applied to systems with isothermal–adiabatic boundary conditions to estimate the sensible and latent heat stored (released) by KNO3 and KNO3/NaNO3 salts which are used as high-temperature phase change materials. Relative percent differences between the solutions obtained with a local thermal balance at the interface and a total thermal balance for the thermal energy absorbed or released by high-temperature phase change materials are obtained. According to the total thermal balance proposed, a correction to the liquid–solid interface dynamics is introduced, which accounts for an extra amount of energy absorbed or released during the phase transition. It is shown that melting or solidification rates are modified by using a total thermal balance through the entire system. Finally, the numerical and semi-analytical methods illustrate that volume changes and the fraction of melted (solidified) solid (liquid) estimated through a local thermal balance at the interface are not invariant in adiabatic systems. The invariance of numerical and semi-analytical solutions in adiabatic systems is significantly improved through the proposed model.

High-temperature phase change materials for short-term thermal energy storage in the solar receiver: Selection and analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 101496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Anser Bashir ◽  
Ambra Giovannelli ◽  
Khuram Pervez Amber ◽  
Muhammad Sajid Khan ◽  
Adeel Arshad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
High Temperature Phase ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Solar Receiver

High temperature phase change materials for the overheating protection of facade integrated solar thermal collectors

2016 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Hengstberger ◽  
Christoph Zauner ◽  
Katharina Resch ◽  
Stefan Holper ◽  
Michael Grobbauer
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
High Temperature Phase ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Temperature Phase ◽  
Solar Thermal Collectors
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