Thermal energy storage in combined cycle power plants: comparing finite volume to finite element methods

Vasilis G. Gkoutzamanis; Justin N. W. Chiu; Guillaume Martin; Anestis I. Kalfas

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/201911301001

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Volume 113 (2019)

E3S Web Conf., 113 (2019) 01001

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 113, 2019 SUPEHR19 SUstainable PolyEnergy generation and HaRvesting Volume 1


Article Number		01001
Number of page(s)		11
Section		Sustainable Power Plants
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911301001
Published online		21 August 2019

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[1] A. Roskilly, P. Taylor, J. Yan, Energy storage systems for a low carbon future – in need of an integrated approach. Applied Energy, 137, 463–466 (2015). [Google Scholar]

[2] D. Gibb, A. Seitz, M. Johnson, et al., Applications of thermal energy storage in the energy transition – Benchmarks and developments. Public report, IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (IEA-ECES), (2018). [Google Scholar]

[3] PUMP-HEAT. – Performance Untapped Modulation for Power and Heat via Energy Accumulation Technologies, H2020 EU Funded Project, No. 764706, https://pumpheat.eu. [Google Scholar]

[4] V. Gkoutzamanis, A. Chatziangelidou, T. Efstathiadis, A. Kalfas, A. Traverso and J. Chiu., Thermal energy storage for gas turbine power augmentation, Proceedings of GPPS, GPPS-TC-2019-72, (2019), doi: 10.33737/gpps19-tc-072. [Google Scholar]

[5] Y. Tao, Y. He., A review of phase change material and performance enhancement method for latent heat storage system. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 93, 245–259 (2018). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[6] A. Trp., An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer during technical grade paraffin melting and solidification in a shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage unit. Solar Energy, 79, 648–660 (2005). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[7] P. Salunkhe, P. Shembekar, A review on effect of phase change material encapsulation on the thermal performance of a system, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16 5603–5616, (2012). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[8] Z. Youssef, A. Delahaye, L. Huang, et al., State of the art on phase change material slurries, Energy Conversion and Management, 65, 120–132 (2013). [Google Scholar]

[9] C. Veerakumar, A. Sreekumar, Phase change material based cold thermal energy storage: Materials, techniques and applications – A review, International Journal of Refrigeration, 67, 271–289 (2016). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[10] M. Delgado, A. Lázaro, J. Mazo, and B. Zalba, Review on phase change material emulsions and microencapsulated phase change material slurries: Materials, heat transfer studies and applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16, 253–273 (2012). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[11] K. Ismail, R. Stuginsky, K. Ismail, R. Stuginsky, A parametric study on possible fixed bed models for pcm and sensible heat storage. Applied Thermal Engineering, 19, 757–788 (1999). [Google Scholar]

[12] E. Oró, J. Chiu, V. Martin, and L. Cabeza, Comparative study of different numerical models of packed bed thermal energy storage systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, 50, 384–392 (2013). [Google Scholar]

[13] H. Versteeg, W. Malalasekera, An introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, The finite volume method, 2nd ed., 2007, ISBN: 978-0-13-127498-3. [Google Scholar]

[14] F. Molina-Aiz, H. Fatnassi, T. Boulard, J. Roy and D. Valera, Comparison of finite element and finite volume methods for simulation of natural ventilation in greenhouses, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 72, 69–86 (2010). [Google Scholar]

[15] ANSYS Fluent Theory guide R1, Solidification and melting.. 2019. [Google Scholar]

[16] L. Xia, P. Zhang, R. Wang, Numerical heat transfer analysis of the packed bed latent heat storage system based on an effective packed bed model, Energy, 35, 2022–2032 (2010). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[17] C Arkar, S. Medved, Influence of accuracy of thermal property data of phase change material on the result of numerical model of packed bed latent heat storage with spheres., Thermochem. Acta, 438, 192–201 (2005). [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]