Metaheuristic design optimization of the air-pcm thermal storage unit for solar air systems

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.aidic.it/cet/20/81/035.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.aidic.it/cet/20/81/035.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET2081035" target="_blank" >10.3303/CET2081035</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Metaheuristic design optimization of the air-pcm thermal storage unit for solar air systems

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Phase change materials (PCMs) and thermal energy storage (TES) represent a way toward sustainable utilization of renewable energy resources. An air-PCM thermal storage unit integrated in solar systems is a device, which employs the latent heat TES to balance between the demand and supply of heat (or cold) for space heating (or cooling) in buildings. Previously published studies demonstrate that this approach is viable but design parameters of the unit need to be optimized. In the paper, a computer model of the heat storage unit was developed and coupled to metaheuristic nature-inspired optimization algorithms with the aim of design optimization of the TES unit. The unit consisted of flat plates made of a PCM, which was macro-encapsulated in aluminium containers. The energy balance and control volume methods were used to build the model and the effective heat capacity technique was applied for phase change modelling. The model was created in Python, validated against experimental data and an open-source optimization library DEAP with metaheuristics was used as an optimization solver. A design optimization problem was specified with including the arrangement of the PCM plates and their thickness. Results showed that the DEAP library and metaheuristics are well applicable for the solution of this kind of optimization problem.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Metaheuristic design optimization of the air-pcm thermal storage unit for solar air systems

Popis výsledku anglicky

Phase change materials (PCMs) and thermal energy storage (TES) represent a way toward sustainable utilization of renewable energy resources. An air-PCM thermal storage unit integrated in solar systems is a device, which employs the latent heat TES to balance between the demand and supply of heat (or cold) for space heating (or cooling) in buildings. Previously published studies demonstrate that this approach is viable but design parameters of the unit need to be optimized. In the paper, a computer model of the heat storage unit was developed and coupled to metaheuristic nature-inspired optimization algorithms with the aim of design optimization of the TES unit. The unit consisted of flat plates made of a PCM, which was macro-encapsulated in aluminium containers. The energy balance and control volume methods were used to build the model and the effective heat capacity technique was applied for phase change modelling. The model was created in Python, validated against experimental data and an open-source optimization library DEAP with metaheuristics was used as an optimization solver. A design optimization problem was specified with including the arrangement of the PCM plates and their thickness. Results showed that the DEAP library and metaheuristics are well applicable for the solution of this kind of optimization problem.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20704 - Energy and fuels

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Chemical Engineering Transactions

ISSN

2283-9216

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

81

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

205-210

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85092104571