... has been synthesized. It is shape stabilized using a sol-gel method and displays promising thermal properties. These properties make the PCMs good candidates for thermal batteries and other thermal energy storage applications in the building sector. However, PEG leakage is observed at elevated...

... variable renewable sources. Current energy storage methods based on pumped storage hydropower or batteries have many limitations. Thermal energy storage (TES) has unique advantages in scale and siting flexibility to provide grid-scale storage capacity. A particle-based TES system has promising cost...

... color. The PCM tubes were immersed in the glass cover, and ambient conditions. [3]. Aside from the saline water basin. Four different experiments were carried optimizing these parameters during solar still fabrication, out to identify the individual and combined effects of CSP and thermal energy storage...

...Abstract Abstract In this paper, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is employed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate (ROC) as an alternative, low-cost thermal energy storage medium. Thermal energy storage is a critical component for increasing...

...Abstract Abstract The National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) at Sandia National Laboratories is conducting research on a Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3) that uses falling sandlike particles as the heat transfer medium. G3P3 proposes a system with 6 MWh of thermal energy storage...

...THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE USING SOLID PARTICLES FOR LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE Zhiwen Ma, Patrick Davenport, Janna Martinek National Renewable Energy Laboratory 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado Email: Zhiwen.Ma@nrel.gov ABSTRACT The rapid growth of renewable energy increases...

...EFFECT OF SYNTHESIS PROTOCOL IN ENHANCING HEAT CAPACITY OF MOLTEN SALT NANOFLUIDS Baha El Far1, Syed Muhammad Mujtaba Rizvi1, Yousof Nayfeh1, Donghyun Shin1 1Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI ABSTRACT Concentrated solar power (CSP) incorporated with thermal energy storage (TES...

...NEAR OPTIMAL MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE O.A. Qureshi1, P.R. Armstrong1 1Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ABSTRACT Efficient plant operation can be achieved by properly loading and sequencing available chillers to charge a thermal energy storage (TES...

... properties of the oil have been affected as expected. Thermal Energy Storage, Polyalphaolefin, Nanofluid, Heat Capacity 1. INTRODUCTION In the last two decades, the term nanofluid was coined to describe fluids containing some amount of particles less than 100 nm in size. These fluids in have been...

... on the site and storage capacity. Keywords: linear Fresnel, parabolic trough, system comparison, solar thermal power plant, thermal energy storage, solar field cost, molten salt NOMENCLATURE CI Capital Investment costs COFAF fraction of co-firing used for anti-freeze COFel fraction of co-firing used...

... 1 Copyright © 2012 by ASME THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE INORGANIC PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS Jamie Trahan Clean Energy Research Center University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA Sarada Kuravi Clean Energy Research Center University of South...

... cost, system comparison, solar thermal power plant, thermal energy storage, PCM storage. NOMENCLATURE BOP Balance of Plant CDF Cumulative Distribution Function DNI Direct Normal Irradiance DSG Direct Steam Generation R2 Change of coefficient of determination FCR Fixed Charge Rate K Kurtosis LCOE...

... and filling level inside the heat exchanger pipes in the storage. The effects for forced and natural circulation discharge will be analysed and described in the paper. Keywords: Thermal Energy Storage, Phase Change Material, Concrete, Parabolic Trough Power Plant, Direct Steam Generation, Testing, Operation...

... Thermal energy storage natural convection phase change material CFD PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS IN AN ENCAPSULATED SPHERICAL CONTAINER Antonio Ramos Archibolda,b,e antonioramos@mail.usf.edu Muhammad M Rahmana,b, mmrahman@usf.edu D. Yogi Goswamia,c...

... for each storage unit separately are in progress. Combined testing will start in 2011. Results on the commissioning and testing will be reported in the paper. Thermal Energy Storage Phase Change Material Concrete Parabolic Trough Power Plant Direct Steam Generation Testing 1 Copyright © 2011...

... and could lead to a reduction of the levelized electricity cost (LEC) of about 11% [4]. However, all of these studies only considered plants without thermal energy storage (TES). Therefore, a system analysis including integrated TES was performed by Flagsol GmbH and DLR together with Solar Millennium AG...

... 1 Copyright © 2009 by ASME Proceedings of ES2009 Energy Sustainability 2009 July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California USA ES2009-90038 DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANTS WITH DIRECT STEAM GENERATION Doerte Laing, Thomas Bauer, Dorothea Lehmann German...