Matiewos Mekonen Abera1,2,*, Venkata Ramayya Ancha1, Balewgize Amare1, L. Syam Sundar3, Kotturu V. V. Chandra Mouli4, Sambasivam Sangaraju5
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 1043-1070, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.049525
Abstract This study is focused on the simulation and optimization of packed-bed solar thermal energy storage by using sand as a storage material and hot-water is used as a heat transfer fluid and storage as well. The analysis has been done by using the COMSOL multi-physics software and used to compute an optimization charging time of the storage. Parameters that control this optimization are storage height, storage diameter, heat transfer fluid flow rate, and sand bed particle size. The result of COMSOL multi-physics optimized thermal storage has been validated with Taguchi method. Accordingly, the optimized parameters… More >
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