Experimental investigations on the thermal performance of an ice storage system using twin concentric helical coil
Applied thermal engineering • 2020
Publication Information
Authors
HE Abdelrahman; HA Refaey; A Alotaibi; Ali A Abdel-Aziz; MF Abd Rabbo
Keywords
Cool thermal energy storage; Ice-on-coil; Twin concentric helical coil; Internal melt
Journal
Applied thermal engineering
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
179
Issue
Not Available
Pages
115737
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The cool thermal energy storage (CTES) offers a big advantage for peak shift of high electrical power consumed by air conditioning systems. An experimental analysis for studying the thermal performance of ice storage system with twin concentric helical coil (TCHC) is conducted in the present work. Effects of operating conditions such as the heat transfer fluid (HTF) inlet temperature and flow rate on the solidified/melted mass fraction, percentage energy stored/regained, and average charging/discharging rate during charging and discharging processes are investigated. An experimental setup composed of TCHC immersed in distilled water as a phase change material (PCM) in an insulated tank is used in the present study. Three different HTF inlet temperatures of (−8, −10, and −12 °C) and (10, 12, and 14 °C) for charging and discharging processes, respectively and HTF volume flow rates (5.0, 7.5, and 10 l/min) are investigated. The results show that, about 90% of the energy stored is achieved at 59–74% of the complete charging time according to the tested parameter range in the current study. Moreover, the HTF volume flow rates have a relatively small effect on the percentage energy stored and seems to be less effective compared to the inlet HTF temperature during charging process.
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