Investigation and optimization of solidification performance of a triplex-tube latent heat thermal energy storage system by rotational mechanism

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 331; p. 120435
• Main Authors: Huang, Xinyu, Li, Fangfei, Xiao, Tian, Guo, Junfei, Wang, Fan, Gao, Xinyu, Yang, Xiaohu, He, Ya-Ling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Heat release efficiency; Phase change material; Response surface method; Rotational mechanism; Solidification performance; Thermal energy storage; Thermal energy storage; Rotational mechanism; Phase change material; Heat release efficiency; Response surface method; Solidification performance

•The rotating mechanism is applied to a triplex-tube LHTES system.•The effect of rotation on heat transfer during solidification of PCM is studied.•Response surface method is used to optimize the solidification performance of LHTES.•The fluid-structure coupling functions of solidification time for e...