Cascaded phase change materials in a packed bed thermal energy storage system: effect and solutions of filling void ratio with sensible heat materials

• Main Authors: Khor, Jun Onn, Romagnoli, Alessandro
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Thermal Energy Storage; Phase Change Material; Sensible Heat Storage; Void Ratio; Packed Bed; Cascaded Storage; Encapsulation Size; Storage Capacity
• Online Access: https://www.dubrovnik2019.sdewes.org/; https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152485
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, packed bed thermal energy storage consisting of three phase change materials cascaded in series is investigated. Phase change materials are macro-encapsulated in capsules with diameter ranged from 50 mm to 100 mm and placed in thermal storage tank with internal dia...