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Simulation numérique des processus cycliques d'absorption-désorption sur un réacteur métal-hydrogène avec récupération de chaleur en utilisant un matériau à changement de phase.

Numerical simulation of absorption-desorption cyclic processes for metal-hydrogen reactor with heat recovery using phase-change material.

Auteurs : BEN MÂAD H., MILED A., ASKRI F., et al.

Type d'article : Article

Résumé

In this paper a transient two-dimensional mathematical model was developed for predicting the coupled heat and mass transfer within a metal-hydrogen reactor equipped with a phase change material (MHRPCM for short). For this model, the liquid fraction in the PCM was described by an analytic approximation of the Heaviside step function which, to the knowledge of the authors, is applied for the first time to study phase-change problems. The unstructured control volume finite element method was used to discretize the governing equations and a computer code was developed on Fortran 90 to solve the obtained algebraic equations. The numerical model has been validated by comparison with experimental data and exploited to predict the thermal coupling process between the hydride bed and the PCM domain. The obtained numerical results revealed that the thermal energy stored by the PCM, when the metal-hydrogen reactor reaches 97% of its maximum capacity of hydrogen storage, can evacuate up to 80% of the hydrogen stored in the reactor.

Détails

  • Titre original : Numerical simulation of absorption-desorption cyclic processes for metal-hydrogen reactor with heat recovery using phase-change material.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 30016702
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 96
  • Date d'édition : 05/03/2016
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.11.093

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