Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica
An abundance of research has been performed to understand the physics of latent thermal energy storage with phase change material. Some analytical and numerical findings have been validated by experiments, but there are few free and open-source models available to the general public for use in syste...
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| description | An abundance of research has been performed to understand the physics of latent thermal energy storage with phase change material. Some analytical and numerical findings have been validated by experiments, but there are few free and open-source models available to the general public for use in systems simulation and analysis. The Modelica programming language is a good avenue to make such models available, because it is object-oriented, equation-based, declarative, and acausal. These characteristics have enabling the creation of component model libraries that can be used to build larger system simulations for design analysis. The authors have previously developed a numerical framework to model phase change thermal storage and have validated model predictions with experiments. The objectives of this paper are to describe the transfer of the numerical framework to an implementation in a Modelica component model and to validate the Modelica model with data from the experiment and the original numerical framework. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08dbfdac7eee449fbb4fa48952ae6b8e2023-11-21T07:46:41ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-01-0114119410.3390/en14010194Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using ModelicaDre Helmns0David H. Blum1Spencer M. Dutton2Van P. Carey3Energy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAEnergy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAEnergy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAMechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94709, USAAn abundance of research has been performed to understand the physics of latent thermal energy storage with phase change material. Some analytical and numerical findings have been validated by experiments, but there are few free and open-source models available to the general public for use in systems simulation and analysis. The Modelica programming language is a good avenue to make such models available, because it is object-oriented, equation-based, declarative, and acausal. These characteristics have enabling the creation of component model libraries that can be used to build larger system simulations for design analysis. The authors have previously developed a numerical framework to model phase change thermal storage and have validated model predictions with experiments. The objectives of this paper are to describe the transfer of the numerical framework to an implementation in a Modelica component model and to validate the Modelica model with data from the experiment and the original numerical framework.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/1/194thermal energy storagephase change materialModelicalatent heat transferHVAC |
| spellingShingle | Dre Helmns David H. Blum Spencer M. Dutton Van P. Carey Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica Energies thermal energy storage phase change material Modelica latent heat transfer HVAC |
| title | Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica |
| title_full | Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica |
| title_fullStr | Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica |
| title_short | Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica |
| title_sort | development and validation of a latent thermal energy storage model using modelica |
| topic | thermal energy storage phase change material Modelica latent heat transfer HVAC |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/1/194 |
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