Solar Thermal Course. Lecture 6 : Thermal energy storage for low temperature applications

Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Solar Thermal Energy Course Prof. Ivette Rodríguez Copyright ©UPC [email protected] https://futur.upc.edu/TUAREG Lecture 6: Thermal energy storage for low temperature applications MASTER DEGREE IN ENERGY ENGINEERING Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Objectives Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Introduction Role of the storage system Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Introduction Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Introduction Desired characteristics of a TES Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Introduction What about the cost? Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Introduction Examples of heat storage media Sensible heat Latent heat Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Example of systems Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Sensible heat storage systems Liquid or Solid medium? What to choose? Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Sensible heat storage systems Mixed temperature (0D) model Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Sensible heat storage systems Mixed temperature (0D) model Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Sensible heat storage systems Example 1 Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Sensible heat storage systems Example 2 Ivette Rodríguez Solar Thermal Energy Course ©2024 Questions?