High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study

Renewable energy is a potential alternative energy provider with fewer CO2 emissions. However, the mismatch between energy supply and demand is the main disadvantage. Therefore, thermal energy storage becomes an essential technology for enhancing renewable energy efficiency and providing energy supp...

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Autores: Navarro Farré, Lidia, Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila, Castell, Albert, Redpath, David A.G., Griffiths, Philip, Cabeza, Luisa F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/60213
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2017.07.025
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/60213
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermal energy storage (TES)
Water tank
Phase change materials (PCM)
Encapsulation
Stabilization
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spelling High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale studyNavarro Farré, LidiaBarreneche Güerisoli, CamilaCastell, AlbertRedpath, David A.G.Griffiths, PhilipCabeza, Luisa F.Thermal energy storage (TES)Water tankPhase change materials (PCM)EncapsulationStabilizationRenewable energy is a potential alternative energy provider with fewer CO2 emissions. However, the mismatch between energy supply and demand is the main disadvantage. Therefore, thermal energy storage becomes an essential technology for enhancing renewable energy efficiency and providing energy supply to the end user. In solar thermal energy systems, hot water tanks are widely used as sensible heat storage technology. Moreover, water storage usually requires large volumes and their improvement has been studied in terms of shape and arrangement. Latent heat storage materials are a potential technology for implementation in water storage tanks in order to reduce their volume and to enhance their efficiency. In this paper, the incorporation of shape high density polyethylene spheres with PCM into domestic hot water tanks is studied. Undesired results obtained in the water tank set-up lead the authors to analyse the PCM leakage in the laboratory. Laboratory analysis pointed out that the PCM-spheres must be thermally cycled and cleaned before their implementation in real application of domestic hot water in order to stabilize the PCM content inside the PCM- spheres.The work partially funded by the Spanish government (ENE2015-64117-C5-1-R (MINECO/FEDER), ENE2015-64117-C5-2-R (MINECO/FEDER), and ULLE10-4E-1305). The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group GREA (2014 SGR 123) and DIOPMA (2014 SGR 1543). The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° PIRSES-GA-2013-610692 (INNOSTORAGE) and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 657466 (INPATH-TES). Dr. Camila Barreneche would like to thank Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad de España for Grant Juan de la Cierva, FJCI-2014-22886.2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2017.07.025http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/60213reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ENE2015-64117-C5-1-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ENE2015-64117-C5-2-RVersió postprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2017.07.025Journal of Energy Storage, 2017, vol. 13, p. 262-267info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/610692info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/657466cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/602132026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
title High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
spellingShingle High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
Navarro Farré, Lidia
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Water tank
Phase change materials (PCM)
Encapsulation
Stabilization
title_short High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
title_full High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
title_fullStr High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
title_full_unstemmed High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
title_sort High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Navarro Farré, Lidia
Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila
Castell, Albert
Redpath, David A.G.
Griffiths, Philip
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author Navarro Farré, Lidia
author_facet Navarro Farré, Lidia
Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila
Castell, Albert
Redpath, David A.G.
Griffiths, Philip
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author_role author
author2 Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila
Castell, Albert
Redpath, David A.G.
Griffiths, Philip
Cabeza, Luisa F.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Thermal energy storage (TES)
Water tank
Phase change materials (PCM)
Encapsulation
Stabilization
topic Thermal energy storage (TES)
Water tank
Phase change materials (PCM)
Encapsulation
Stabilization
description Renewable energy is a potential alternative energy provider with fewer CO2 emissions. However, the mismatch between energy supply and demand is the main disadvantage. Therefore, thermal energy storage becomes an essential technology for enhancing renewable energy efficiency and providing energy supply to the end user. In solar thermal energy systems, hot water tanks are widely used as sensible heat storage technology. Moreover, water storage usually requires large volumes and their improvement has been studied in terms of shape and arrangement. Latent heat storage materials are a potential technology for implementation in water storage tanks in order to reduce their volume and to enhance their efficiency. In this paper, the incorporation of shape high density polyethylene spheres with PCM into domestic hot water tanks is studied. Undesired results obtained in the water tank set-up lead the authors to analyse the PCM leakage in the laboratory. Laboratory analysis pointed out that the PCM-spheres must be thermally cycled and cleaned before their implementation in real application of domestic hot water in order to stabilize the PCM content inside the PCM- spheres.
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