TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of shroud and baffle on heat transfer in a solar thermal storage tank
AU - Boetcher, S. K S
AU - Kulacki, F. A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Enhancing heat transfer during the charge and discharge of solar thermal storage tanks is an ongoing technical challenge. The types of thermal storage systems considered in the present study comprise an immersed heat exchanger at the top of a solar thermal storage fluid. The discharge process of a thermal store with specified dimensions is numerically simulated over a range of Rayleigh numbers, 105 < RaD <107. The immersed heat exchanger is modeled as a two-dimensional isothermal cylinder which is situated near the top of a water-filled tank with adiabatic walls. An adiabatic shroud whose shape is parametrically varied is placed around the cylinder. In addition, the shroud is connected to an adiabatic baffle situated beneath the cylinder. Nusselt numbers are calculated for different shroud shapes at different Rayleigh numbers. Results show that the shroud is effective in increasing the heat transfer rate. Optimal shroud and baffle geometries are presented as well as qualitative flow results.
AB - Enhancing heat transfer during the charge and discharge of solar thermal storage tanks is an ongoing technical challenge. The types of thermal storage systems considered in the present study comprise an immersed heat exchanger at the top of a solar thermal storage fluid. The discharge process of a thermal store with specified dimensions is numerically simulated over a range of Rayleigh numbers, 105 < RaD <107. The immersed heat exchanger is modeled as a two-dimensional isothermal cylinder which is situated near the top of a water-filled tank with adiabatic walls. An adiabatic shroud whose shape is parametrically varied is placed around the cylinder. In addition, the shroud is connected to an adiabatic baffle situated beneath the cylinder. Nusselt numbers are calculated for different shroud shapes at different Rayleigh numbers. Results show that the shroud is effective in increasing the heat transfer rate. Optimal shroud and baffle geometries are presented as well as qualitative flow results.
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U2 - 10.1115/HT2009-88413
DO - 10.1115/HT2009-88413
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952845919
SN - 9780791843567
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2009, HT2009
SP - 701
EP - 710
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2009, HT2009
T2 - 2009 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2009
Y2 - 19 July 2009 through 23 July 2009
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