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Enhancing the Power Performance of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems: The Adoption of Passive, Fractal Supports

Published:2023-09-22 Issue:19 Volume:16 Page:6764
ISSN:1996-1073
Container-title:Energies
language:en
Short-container-title:Energies

Author:

Amati Giorgio¹,Succi Sauro²³,Falcucci Giacomo³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. High Performance Computing Department, CINECA Rome Section, 00185 Rome, Italy

2. Italian Institute of Technology, Center for Life Nano- and Neuro-Science, 00161 Rome, Italy

3. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

4. Department of Enterprise Engineering “Mario Lucertini”, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy

Abstract

We employ a three-phase thermal lattice Boltzmann model (LBM) to investigate the power performance of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems based on the exploitation of phase change materials (PCMs). Different passive thermal supports are considered to increase the melting rate, including innovative, fractal, branch-like structures. Our simulations reveal that the adoption of fractal, branch-like metal supports consistently outperforms other configurations in terms of PCM melting rates. These results open the path towards novel strategies to enhance the power performance of PCM-based TES systems, offering potential benefits for energy storage applications.

Funder

Italian Government

European Research Council

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/19/6764/pdf

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