Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK

Improved PCM melting in a thermal energy storage system of double-pipe helical-coil tube

Published in Energy Conversion and Management

This study proposes the use of a double-pipe helical-coiled tube as an innovative well-performing phase change material (PCM) containment design for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems. A 3D numerical model considering the convection effects during PCM melting is built and successfully validated via experiments. To assess the new LHT...