Numerical study of a latent heat storage system adapted to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants at medium temperatures

Abderrahim El Youssfi; Mohamed Asbik; Hassan Agalit; Khadija El Alami; Reda Boualou

doi:10.1063/1.5138552

Numerical study of a latent heat storage system adapted to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants at medium temperatures

Abderrahim El Youssfi^*, Mohamed Asbik, Hassan Agalit, Khadija El Alami, Reda Boualou

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Abstract

Latent Heat Storage (LHS) is a promising solution to overcome the intermittent nature of solar energy for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. In fact, it matches at a relatively low cost between the electricity produced by these plants and the periods of demand. Moreover, LHS systems have higher energy density compared to Sensible Heat Storage (SHS) ones. However, their inorganic materials have low thermal conductivity, which reduces the dynamics of the storage system with respect to the limitation of operating conditions of a CSP plant. One of the effective ways to resolve this problem is the use of extending surfaces such as fins. The present work evaluates the viability of this LHS applied to the case study of a heat exchanger with and without fins. A Computational fluid dynamics (CFO) model of the studied system was built in the COMSOL-Multyphysics environment. Furthermore, it was succefully validated against the available experimental results. Overall, the obtained simulation results show a considerable enhancement of the global dynamic performances of the LHS: the charging period and the phase change duration were decreased by 30.5% and 44.64% respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019
Editors	Adawiya J. Haider, Akram R. Jabur, Chafic-Touma Salame, Georgios Vokas
Publisher	AIP Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735419377
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5138552
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2019
Event	2019 International Conference on Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019 - Athens, Greece Duration: 4 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	2190
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	2019 International Conference on Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	4/09/19 → 6/09/19

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Keywords

CSP plants
Fins
Heat transfer fluid
Latent termal energy storage
Phase change material

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

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Youssfi, A. E., Asbik, M., Agalit, H., Alami, K. E., & Boualou, R. (2019). Numerical study of a latent heat storage system adapted to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants at medium temperatures. In A. J. Haider, A. R. Jabur, C.-T. Salame, & G. Vokas (Eds.), Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019 Article 020066 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2190). AIP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5138552

Youssfi, Abderrahim El ; Asbik, Mohamed ; Agalit, Hassan et al. / Numerical study of a latent heat storage system adapted to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants at medium temperatures. Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019. editor / Adawiya J. Haider ; Akram R. Jabur ; Chafic-Touma Salame ; Georgios Vokas. AIP Publishing, 2019. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Numerical study of a latent heat storage system adapted to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants at medium temperatures. / Youssfi, Abderrahim El; Asbik, Mohamed; Agalit, Hassan et al.
Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability, TMREES 2019. ed. / Adawiya J. Haider; Akram R. Jabur; Chafic-Touma Salame; Georgios Vokas. AIP Publishing, 2019. 020066 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2190).

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