Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems

The design of thermal energy storage (TES) tank is the key part that can limit charging and discharging process. Most research findings highlight that the use of fins augments the heat transfer rate. This work experimentally investigates the use of aligned copper wools as fillers to enhance the ther...

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Autores: Ribezzo, Alessandro, Morciano, Matteo, Zsembinszki, Gabriel, Risco Amigó, Santiago, Mani Kala, Saranprabhu, Borri, Emiliano, Bergamasco, Luca, Fasano, Matteo, Chiavazzo, Eliodoro, Prieto, Cristina, Cabeza, Luisa F.
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120888
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466096
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Palavra-chave:Thermal energy storage
Phase change materials
Experimental study
Heat transfer enhancement
Metal wool
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spelling Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systemsRibezzo, AlessandroMorciano, MatteoZsembinszki, GabrielRisco Amigó, SantiagoMani Kala, SaranprabhuBorri, EmilianoBergamasco, LucaFasano, MatteoChiavazzo, EliodoroPrieto, CristinaCabeza, Luisa F.Thermal energy storagePhase change materialsExperimental studyHeat transfer enhancementMetal woolThe design of thermal energy storage (TES) tank is the key part that can limit charging and discharging process. Most research findings highlight that the use of fins augments the heat transfer rate. This work experimentally investigates the use of aligned copper wools as fillers to enhance the thermal performance of a lab-scale shelland- tube TES tank filled with phase change material (PCM). Two copper wools with different fibre thicknesses were chosen and discretely laid around the TES tank tubes in two design patterns. Accordingly, five shell-andtube TES tank configurations were obtained, including the reference, for performance evaluation. The TES tank was loaded with n-octadecane as PCM for all the cases studied. The results showed up to a 16 % reduction in melting time with the inclusion of copper wool. The TES tank significantly increased the mean power during charging (53 %) and discharging (205 %). The addition of metal wool into the TES tank enables the PCM to release the heat at a constant temperature during the entire phase transition process. And the overall efficiency of the TES tank was found to get improved. Therefore, a copper wool integrated TES tank would be a beneficial addition to thermal energy storage systems.This project was funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement 101084182 (HYBRIDplus). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) (PID2021-123511OB-C31- MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE and RED2022-134219-T). This work is partially supported by ICREA under the ICREA Academia programme. The authors would like to thank the Department de Recerca i Universitats of the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group (2021 SGR 01615). GREiA is certified agent TECNIO in the category of technology developers from the Government of Catalonia.Elsevier2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120888https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466096reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-123511OB-C31info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134219-TReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120888Renewable Energy, 2024, vol. 231, p. 120888-1-120888-11info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101084182cc-by-nc (c) The Authors, 2024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/4660962026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
spellingShingle Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
Ribezzo, Alessandro
Thermal energy storage
Phase change materials
Experimental study
Heat transfer enhancement
Metal wool
title_short Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_full Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_fullStr Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_full_unstemmed Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_sort Enhancement of heat transfer through the incorporation of copper metal wool in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ribezzo, Alessandro
Morciano, Matteo
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Borri, Emiliano
Bergamasco, Luca
Fasano, Matteo
Chiavazzo, Eliodoro
Prieto, Cristina
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author Ribezzo, Alessandro
author_facet Ribezzo, Alessandro
Morciano, Matteo
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Borri, Emiliano
Bergamasco, Luca
Fasano, Matteo
Chiavazzo, Eliodoro
Prieto, Cristina
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author_role author
author2 Morciano, Matteo
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Borri, Emiliano
Bergamasco, Luca
Fasano, Matteo
Chiavazzo, Eliodoro
Prieto, Cristina
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Thermal energy storage
Phase change materials
Experimental study
Heat transfer enhancement
Metal wool
topic Thermal energy storage
Phase change materials
Experimental study
Heat transfer enhancement
Metal wool
description The design of thermal energy storage (TES) tank is the key part that can limit charging and discharging process. Most research findings highlight that the use of fins augments the heat transfer rate. This work experimentally investigates the use of aligned copper wools as fillers to enhance the thermal performance of a lab-scale shelland- tube TES tank filled with phase change material (PCM). Two copper wools with different fibre thicknesses were chosen and discretely laid around the TES tank tubes in two design patterns. Accordingly, five shell-andtube TES tank configurations were obtained, including the reference, for performance evaluation. The TES tank was loaded with n-octadecane as PCM for all the cases studied. The results showed up to a 16 % reduction in melting time with the inclusion of copper wool. The TES tank significantly increased the mean power during charging (53 %) and discharging (205 %). The addition of metal wool into the TES tank enables the PCM to release the heat at a constant temperature during the entire phase transition process. And the overall efficiency of the TES tank was found to get improved. Therefore, a copper wool integrated TES tank would be a beneficial addition to thermal energy storage systems.
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Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120888
Renewable Energy, 2024, vol. 231, p. 120888-1-120888-11
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