Thermal energy storage using phase change materials: Techno-economic evaluation of a cold storage installation in an office building

Tan, Pepe; Lindberg, Patrik; Eichler, Kaia; Löveryd, Per; Johansson, Pär; Kalagasidis, Angela Sasic

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115433

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“…In these applications, the PCM is charged and discharged directly by the thermal equipment (e.g., vapor compression system or electric resistance heat) to shift electric loads associated with each thermal end use. [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] A common dynamic application is the use of campus-scale cold storage, using large chillers with ice or chilled water as the storage medium. [40] While this is a cost-effective TES solution for campus systems and large commercial buildings, there is a need to integrate TES into smaller, modular building systems, as all residential buildings and most commercial building floor space are conditioned by smaller packaged air conditioners and heat pumps.…”

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Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing for Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage and Management: A Review

Freeman

Foster

Troxler

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Advanced Energy Materials

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Phase change materials (PCMs) can enhance the performance of energy systems by time shifting or reducing peak thermal loads. The effectiveness of a PCM is defined by its energy and power density-the total available storage capacity (kWh m −3 ) and how fast it can be accessed (kW m −3 ). These are influenced by both material properties as well as geometry of the energy systems; however, prior efforts have primarily focused on improving material properties, namely, maximizing latent heat of fusion and increasing thermal conductivity. The latter is often at the expense of the former. Advanced manufacturing techniques hold tremendous potential to enable co-optimization of material properties and device geometry, while potentially reducing material waste and manufacturing time. There is an emerging body of research focused on additive manufacturing of PCM composites and devices for thermal energy storage (TES) and thermal management. In this article, the fundamentals and applications of PCMs are reviewed and recent additive manufacturing advances in latent heat TES for both the PCM composite and associated heat exchanger are discussed. A forward-looking perspective on the future and potential of PCM additive manufacturing for TES and thermal management is provided.

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Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing for Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage and Management: A Review

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Foster

Troxler

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Advanced Energy Materials

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“…It is noteworthy that the carbon dioxide produced in the process of the reaction (5), in which the CO vapor is again reduced by the carbon source to obtain CO 2 gas. Therefore, based on these reactions above, large quantities SiCNFs were generated in GF.…”

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“…2 One way to solve these urgent problems is using phase change materials (PCMs) to store clean solar energy. 3,4 Organic PCMs have the characteristics of lowtemperature uctuation, good chemical stability, and highenergy storage density during energy storage and release, 5 resulting in broad applications and research in the elds of solar power generation, 6 industrial waste heat recovery, 7,8 and energy conservation of buildings. 9 PCMs can be divided into solid-solid, solid-liquid, liquidgas, solid-gas, and other energy storage materials according to their type of phase change.…”

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Simple in situ synthesis of SiC nanofibers on graphite felt as a scaffold for improving performance of paraffin-based composite phase change materials

Wang

Yang

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RSC Adv.

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“…Thermal energy storage (TES) is considered to be an effective way to store renewable energy. This system has various applications, such as solar water heaters and building air-conditioning systems [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. There are three options for storing energy in TES systems: manifesting, potentiality, and thermochemistry.…”

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Nanoparticles to Enhance Melting Performance of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

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The present study proposes the phase change material (PCM) as a thermal energy storage unit to ensure the stability and flexibility of solar-energy-based heating and cooling systems. A mathematical model is developed to evaluate the PCM melting process, considering the effect of nanoparticles on heat transfer. We evaluate the role of nanoparticles (Al2O3-, copper- and graphene-based nanofluids) in enhancing the performance of the melting process of phase change materials. The results show that natural convection due to the buoyancy effect dominates the flow behaviour even in the initial stage of the PCM melting process. High natural convection at the bottom of the annular tube moves the melted PCM upward from the lateral, which pushes the liquid–solid interface downward. The addition of 3% vol Al2O3 nanoparticles boosts PCM melting performance by decreasing the melting time of PCM by approximately 15%. The comparison of Al2O3, copper and graphene nanoparticles demonstrates that higher thermal conductivity, ranging from 36 to 5000 W m−1 K−1, does not contribute to a significant improvement in the melting performance of PCMs.

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Thermal energy storage using phase change materials: Techno-economic evaluation of a cold storage installation in an office building

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing for Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage and Management: A Review

Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing for Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage and Management: A Review

Simple in situ synthesis of SiC nanofibers on graphite felt as a scaffold for improving performance of paraffin-based composite phase change materials

Nanoparticles to Enhance Melting Performance of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

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