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Phase-change thermal energy storage using spherical capsules: performance of a test plant.

Author(s) : BEDECARRATS J. P., STRUB F., FALCON B., DUMAS J. P.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

The paper studies an industrial process of energy storage usable for air conditioning or refrigeration, investigating a test plant which is a tank with a reduced size, filled with randomly dispersed commercial nodules, placed in a refrigeration loop. The nodules are spherical capsules in which phase-change materials are encapsulated. This test plant permits the study at length of the behaviour of the tank with, in particular, the charge mode taking into account the undercooling and the discharge mode. A material packed inside the nodules is developed in the cases of the charge and the discharge processes. The simulation results are then compared with experimental observations.

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Pages: 187-196

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  • Original title: Phase-change thermal energy storage using spherical capsules: performance of a test plant.
  • Record ID : 1997-1107
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 19 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1996/03

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