Activity on latent thermal energy storage systems is vast and spread - worldwide and in time - following the diverse applications that PCM can cover. Moreover, while at materials levels some efforts are being made in order to define standard procedures for the characterization of PCMs, the different necessities, peculiarities and stakeholders of the complete system have, up to now, limited the definition of common procedures and standardization. Within the present chapter, an overview of experimental methodologies successfully applied for the evaluation of system performance is given, focusing on the different range of application covered by latent TES, highlighting the apparatuses available and the procedures followed, in term of methodology and calculated parameters. Among the different systems reported in literature, focus was centered on the testing rigs employed for exemplary systems (e.g. systems with dynamic PCM) or fully exploited for the evaluation of performance and comparison of different storages (e.g. the pilot plant at the University of Lleida or the latent storage rig at CNR ITAE), for which details about the experimental campaign and equipment used was available.
Experimental Characterization of Latent Thermal Energy Storage Systems
VPalomba;AFrazzica;
2019
Abstract
Activity on latent thermal energy storage systems is vast and spread - worldwide and in time - following the diverse applications that PCM can cover. Moreover, while at materials levels some efforts are being made in order to define standard procedures for the characterization of PCMs, the different necessities, peculiarities and stakeholders of the complete system have, up to now, limited the definition of common procedures and standardization. Within the present chapter, an overview of experimental methodologies successfully applied for the evaluation of system performance is given, focusing on the different range of application covered by latent TES, highlighting the apparatuses available and the procedures followed, in term of methodology and calculated parameters. Among the different systems reported in literature, focus was centered on the testing rigs employed for exemplary systems (e.g. systems with dynamic PCM) or fully exploited for the evaluation of performance and comparison of different storages (e.g. the pilot plant at the University of Lleida or the latent storage rig at CNR ITAE), for which details about the experimental campaign and equipment used was available.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
