Experimental and Numerical Research Activity on a Packed Bed TES System

Experimental and Numerical Research Activity on a Packed Bed TES System

This paper presents the results of experimental and numerical research activities on a packed bed sensible thermal energy storage (TES) system. The TES consists of a cylindrical steel tank filled with small alumina beads and crossed by air used as the heat transfer fluid. Experimental tests were car...

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Main Authors: Mario Cascetta, Fabio Serra, Simone Arena, Efisio Casti, Giorgio Cau, Pierpaolo Puddu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
thermal energy storage
packed beds
porous media
thermocline
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
numerical simulation
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/9/758

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