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Pore-scale 2D modeling of sensible thermal heat storage in a packed bed.

Number: pap. n. 712

Author(s) : HU P., WANG S., WANG J., et al.

Summary

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of packed beds, integral in heat recovery technologies, are particularly dependent on corresponding pore structures. However, the meso-structure is always neglected to simplify the issues in related studies. Therefore, this paper presents a novel 2D porescale CFD simulation method to investigate the influence of design and operating parameters on the performance of the thermal energy storage system. The proposed method is performed based on structurally typical sections picked up from 3D realistic packed bed models in virtue of two-point correlation. Validation of the computation results with the experimental data has shown a good agreement. Additionally, cases were run to systematically analyze the combined effect including, particle size and compaction degree. Accordingly, when the reciprocal of the vessel-to-particlediameter ratio, 1/N, is decreased 0.035, the mean steady temperature of the system increases by approximately 1.2% and the pressure drop increases by approximately 35%.

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  • Original title: Pore-scale 2D modeling of sensible thermal heat storage in a packed bed.
  • Record ID : 30026471
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Proceedings of the 25th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Montréal , Canada, August 24-30, 2019.
  • Publication date: 2019/08/24
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2019.0712

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