Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems

Thermal energy storage (TES) systems play a very important part in addressing the energy crisis. Therefore, numerous researchers are striving to improve the efficiency of TES tanks. The TES technology has the potential to reach new heights when the biological behavior of nature is incorporated into...

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Autores: Cabeza, Luisa F., Mani Kala, Saranprabhu, Zsembinszki, Gabriel, Vérez, David, Risco Amigó, Santiago, Borri, Emiliano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/app14072940
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465532
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Palabra clave:Biomimetic design
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Phase change materials (PCMs)
Experimental study
Additive manufacturing
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spelling Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systemsCabeza, Luisa F.Mani Kala, SaranprabhuZsembinszki, GabrielVérez, DavidRisco Amigó, SantiagoBorri, EmilianoBiomimetic designThermal energy storage (TES)Phase change materials (PCMs)Experimental studyAdditive manufacturingThermal energy storage (TES) systems play a very important part in addressing the energy crisis. Therefore, numerous researchers are striving to improve the efficiency of TES tanks. The TES technology has the potential to reach new heights when the biological behavior of nature is incorporated into the design of TES tanks. By mimicking the branched vein pattern observed in plants and animals, the heat transfer fluid (HTF) tube of a TES tank can enhance the heat transfer surface area, hence improving its thermal efficiency without the need to add other enhancements of heat transfer methods. Accordingly, in this study, a unique additive-manufacturing-based bio-inspired TES tank was designed, developed, and tested. A customized testing setup was used to assess the bio-inspired TES tank's thermal performance. A comparison was made between the bio-inspired TES tank and a conventional shell-and-tube TES tank. The latent TES system's thermal performance was significantly enhanced by the biomimetic approach for the design of a TES tank, even before the optimization of its design. The results showed that, compared to the shell-and-tube TES tank, the bio-inspired TES tank had a higher discharging rate and needed 52% less time to release the stored heat.This study has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 101103552 (SUSHEAT). However, the views and opinions expressed are 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), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación—Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)—NextGeneration EU (TED2021-129462B-I00—MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/NextGenerationEU/PRTR), and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación—Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) (RED2022-134219-T). This work was partially supported by ICREA under the ICREA Academia program.MDPI2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.3390/app14072940https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465532reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)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 y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134219-TReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/app14072940Applied Sciences, 2024, vol. 14, num. 7, p. 2940-1-2940-17info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101103552cc-by (c) Luisa F. Cabeza et al., 2024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/4655322026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
spellingShingle Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
Cabeza, Luisa F.
Biomimetic design
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Phase change materials (PCMs)
Experimental study
Additive manufacturing
title_short Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_full Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_fullStr Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_full_unstemmed Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
title_sort Development of a bio-inspired TES tank for heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cabeza, Luisa F.
Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Vérez, David
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Borri, Emiliano
author Cabeza, Luisa F.
author_facet Cabeza, Luisa F.
Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Vérez, David
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Borri, Emiliano
author_role author
author2 Mani Kala, Saranprabhu
Zsembinszki, Gabriel
Vérez, David
Risco Amigó, Santiago
Borri, Emiliano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biomimetic design
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Phase change materials (PCMs)
Experimental study
Additive manufacturing
topic Biomimetic design
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Phase change materials (PCMs)
Experimental study
Additive manufacturing
description Thermal energy storage (TES) systems play a very important part in addressing the energy crisis. Therefore, numerous researchers are striving to improve the efficiency of TES tanks. The TES technology has the potential to reach new heights when the biological behavior of nature is incorporated into the design of TES tanks. By mimicking the branched vein pattern observed in plants and animals, the heat transfer fluid (HTF) tube of a TES tank can enhance the heat transfer surface area, hence improving its thermal efficiency without the need to add other enhancements of heat transfer methods. Accordingly, in this study, a unique additive-manufacturing-based bio-inspired TES tank was designed, developed, and tested. A customized testing setup was used to assess the bio-inspired TES tank's thermal performance. A comparison was made between the bio-inspired TES tank and a conventional shell-and-tube TES tank. The latent TES system's thermal performance was significantly enhanced by the biomimetic approach for the design of a TES tank, even before the optimization of its design. The results showed that, compared to the shell-and-tube TES tank, the bio-inspired TES tank had a higher discharging rate and needed 52% less time to release the stored heat.
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Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/app14072940
Applied Sciences, 2024, vol. 14, num. 7, p. 2940-1-2940-17
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