Publication detail

PCM-based thermal storage for solar air systems

CHARVÁT, P. KLIMEŠ, L. OSTRÝ, M. MAUDER, T.

Original Title

PCM-based thermal storage for solar air systems

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Solar air systems (the systems where air is used as a heat carrier) are not as common as the water-based solar systems. Nevertheless, the solar air systems can be used in many applications including space heating of buildings. A general problem with the solar thermal systems is the need for thermal storage in order to balance supply and demand of heat over a certain period of time. A possibility to employ phase change materials (PCM) for such thermal storage was investigated using numerical simulation. A numerical model of the heat storage unit (air-PCM) was created as a type in the TRNSYS 17 simulation tool. The heat storage unit consists of aluminium containers filled with a PCM. The model allows specification of the thermo-physical properties of the PCM as well as other parameters. The results obtained from the numerical model will be validated by experiments performed on an experimental set-up that is currently under construction.

Keywords

phase change materials, solar air systems, thermal storage

Authors

CHARVÁT, P.; KLIMEŠ, L.; OSTRÝ, M.; MAUDER, T.

RIV year

2012

Released

29. 7. 2012

Publisher

International Institute of Refrigeration, Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

Location

Kobe, Japonsko

ISBN

978-2-913149-91-5

Book

Proceedings of 10th IIR International Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Pages from

211

Pages to

216

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT93113,
  author="Pavel {Charvát} and Lubomír {Klimeš} and Milan {Ostrý} and Tomáš {Mauder}",
  title="PCM-based thermal storage for solar air systems",
  booktitle="Proceedings of 10th IIR International Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning",
  year="2012",
  pages="211--216",
  publisher="International Institute of Refrigeration, Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers",
  address="Kobe, Japonsko",
  isbn="978-2-913149-91-5"
}