Experimental set up for the investigation of partial phase changes of phase change materials

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F22%3APU142275" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/22:PU142275 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2022/08/epjconf_efm2022_01049/epjconf_efm2022_01049.html" target="_blank" >https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2022/08/epjconf_efm2022_01049/epjconf_efm2022_01049.html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226401049" target="_blank" >10.1051/epjconf/202226401049</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Experimental set up for the investigation of partial phase changes of phase change materials

Original language description

Thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) has attracted a lot of attention in the last several decades. Most PCMs do not change phase at a constant temperature but rather in a certain temperature range. It means that the PCM need to transit through its phase change temperature range to fully change phase from the solid state to the liquid state and vice-versa. The situation, in which the phase transition begins and/or ends within the phase change temperature range (in the mushy zone), is usually called a partial phase transition (or a partial phase change). The partial phase transitions occur quite often in real-life thermal energy storage systems with PCMs; especially when a PCM has a wide phase change temperature range. The behavior of PCMs during the partial phase transitions is poorly understood at the moment, because the experimental techniques used for the characterization of PCMs (such as the differential scanning calorimetry – DSC) are difficult to apply for the study of partial phase transitions. The lack of knowledge in this area influences the accuracy of phase change simulation models. The main goal of the experimental investigations, described in the paper, was to obtain data for the development of a simulation model for partial phase changes. The experimental set up for the investigation of partial phase changes of PCMs has been proposed, assembled, and the pilot measurements have been conducted. The experimental set up consists of two water storage tanks (that can be maintained at different water temperatures), a water-PCM concentric tube type heat exchanger and a data acquisition system. The water flows through the central tube of the heat exchanger while the PCM is located in the annular space of the exchanger. The water storage tanks, maintained at the temperatures within the phase change temperature range of a PCM, allow for the investigations of the heat storage cycles consisting of partial phase changes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20704 - Energy and fuels

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-20943S" target="_blank" >GA19-20943S: Compatibility of plastics and metals with latent heat storage media for integration in buildings</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EFM21 – 15th International Conference “Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2021”

ISBN

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ISSN

2100-014X

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

234-237

Publisher name

EDP Sciences

Place of publication

neuveden

Event location

Liberec

Event date

Nov 23, 2021

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

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