微重力下高温固液相变蓄热容器内空穴分布

高温固液相变蓄热容器是空间太阳能动力装置吸热—储热器的关键部件。作为相变材料(PCM)的氟盐在凝固时体积收缩很大，从而在PCM容器内形成空穴。空穴的存在增大了传热热阻，还可能使PCM容器产生“热斑”和“热松脱”现象。该文建立了微重力下基于焓法形式的二维数学模型和一个改进的空穴模型，提出了计算相变过程中空穴体积变化及空穴调整的算法。预测了PCM容器在一个轨道周期内的空穴分布。计算结果有助于解决PCM容器的“热斑”和“热松脱”问题。     

PCM容器的结构参数对蓄热单元热性能的影响

适合空间设备的主要电力来源就是太阳能热动力发电系统。为了深入考察蓄热容器（PCM容器）的结构参数对空间太阳能热动力发电系统的关键部件之一，即吸热蓄热器热性能的影响，建立了PCM容器的二维热分析模型，并在两种工作参数条件下对不同径向高度的PCM容器进行了数值计算，结果表明PCM容器的外径对吸热蓄热器热性能具有重要影响。研究结果可为提高PCM容器的功率质量比提供参考依据。     

相变蓄热供热装置热性能试验研究与系统经济性分析

为分析相变蓄热装置在充热和放热过程中的热性能,设计并搭建一套相变蓄热供热装置中试实验系统,研究主要运行参数对相变蓄热装置热性能的影响;在此基础上,结合项目案例,对相变蓄热供热系统经济性进行分析。结果表明：相变材料(Phase Change Material, PCM)凝固过程中的传热主要受相变介质内部导热控制;而在其熔化过程中自然对流对传热起重要控制作用;蓄热装置充热速率快于放热速率。提高传热流体流量有助于增强PCM中的热传递,缩短充/放热时间,但蓄热装置内PCM温度分布均匀性有所降低;为降低系统能耗,提高储放热效率,优先选用小流量进行充/放热。该相变蓄热供热项目的动态投资回收期为3.55年,具有良好的经济性。研究结果可对相变蓄热供热系统的设计及应用推广提供参考依据。     

适用于废热回收的相变蓄热装置数值模拟与实验研究

固-液相变潜热蓄热技术是一种极具前景的工业废热回收方式,通过管壳式换热器可利用相变材料(PCM)吸收工业废热加以储存再用于加热水,从而实现了工业废热的回收利用.对填充高导热多孔筛网的管壳式潜热蓄热单元(LHSU)建立了二维数学模型,并对填充与未填充筛网的蓄热容器一同进行了相变蓄热实验.实验结果表明,填充筛网能够有效改善PCM的传热性能;实验数据和计算值吻合的较好,证明了计算模型的有效性.利用计算模型,对3种PCM(石蜡P116、硬脂酸和软脂酸)蓄热系统进行了数值计算.结果表明,采用软脂酸的蓄热系统热性能最佳,能很好地满足供应生活热水的设计要求.研究结论对蓄热系统的设计和性能优化有一定的指导作用.     

高温相变蓄热的研究进展

从如下两个方面总结了高温相变蓄热的研究现状：①在高温相变材料(PCM)方面，重点介绍了高温相变材料的一些重要性能及其测量，高温相变材料的封装，高温复合相变材料及高温相变材料的应用；②在传热分析方面，主要介绍了相变过程的数值模拟和相变蓄热系统(LTES)的热力学优化。     

相变蓄热装置内温度场的模拟与实验研究

对螺旋盘管相变蓄热装置性能和相变材料(PCM)的传热特性开展模拟和实验研究,建立相变蓄热装置物理和数学模型,对蓄热温度场进行了数值模拟和实验测试。结果表明:自然对流换热对PCM的熔化过程影响很大,当考虑自然对流时,相变蓄热速率加快,相变分层现象明显;实验实测温度与模拟温度相近,说明所建立的模型适用于相变装置内部温度场的模拟。     

相变蓄热装置内部温度场的理论与实验研究

对螺旋盘管相变蓄热装置性能和相变材料 (PCM)的传热特性开展理论和试验研究,建立相变蓄热装置物理和数学模型,对蓄热温度场进行了数值模拟和实验测试。结果表明 ：自然对流换热对PCM的熔化过程影响很大,当考虑自然对流时,相变蓄热速率加快,相变分层现象明显;实验实测温度与模拟温度相近,说明所建立的模型适用于相变装置内部温度场的模拟。     

太阳能吸热器换热管蓄热数值模拟与试验研究

对以高温共晶盐LiF—CaF2为相变材料(PCM)和以干空气为工质的相变蓄热系统，采用焓方法建立了以控制体单元为对象的单管相变蓄热模型，并对系统进行了数值分析，得到了循环工质气体出口温度、相变材料容器最高温度和平均壁温等参数的瞬态变化曲线，实验研究了吸热器换热管的蓄傲热性能，分析了工质进口温度、输入热流级工质流量对工质出口温度、PCM容器平均壁温及最高壁温的影响。计算结果和试验表明单元换热管的蓄傲热性能达到了设计要求，试验结果与数值计算吻合良好。     

高温相变蓄热容器的优化设计及参数分析

高温相变蓄热容器是空间太阳能热动力发电系统关键部件吸热器的基本部件，它的传热性能直接影响到整个动力系统的性能。建立了相变容器的目标函数和约束方程，利用优化方法求出了设计变量的最佳参数，分析了容器的壁厚、外径和长度等参数对容器性能的影响，结果表明蓄热容器参数对吸热器的性能和质量有重要的影响，计算结果可以用于吸热器的设计。     

Thermal-fluid-solid coupling of electric heat storage device based on wind power absorption

电网调峰能力不足，弃风问题严重，已成为我国风力发电规模进一步扩大的瓶颈。通过配置蓄热装置参与风电调峰，改变传统“以热定电”的约束模式，是解决我国大量弃风问题的一个趋势。提高电热蓄能装置效率及优化蓄热装置分布对于实现有效调峰具有重要意义。本文针对固体电蓄热装置内流动、传热、应力等现象，建立了热-流-固多场三维耦合传热数学模型，采用流-固耦合传热模型将难以确定的热流边界转化为系统内部边界，分析固体电蓄热装置温度场及应力场分布，并对比三种不同孔隙率、电热丝排布方式对蓄热装置温度分布均匀性及热膨胀量的影响。研究结果对提高固体电蓄热装置的效率以及电网调峰具有一定的参考价值。     

Three—Dimensional Heat Transfer Analysis for A Thermal Energy Storage Canister

IlltroductionSolar dynamic power modules (SDPM) with phasechange material (PCM) is a vital solution to ensureuninterrupted power supply for low-earth orbitapplication. The advantage of SDPM is its longerlifehme and higher efficiency. Longer lifetime results insubstanhal savings in hardware replacement, launch, andon-orbit installation costs. Because of SDPM's higherefficiency, its solar collection area is only about 25percent of that for a PV system. This would allowspacecraft operatin…     

微重力条件下相变材料容器的二维瞬态热分析

高温相变材料是空间太阳能热动力发电系统吸热器中普遍使用的蓄热介质。基于微重力状态下的导热控制微分方程，采用焓法对相变材料容器进行了二维数值分析，对计算结果给予了讨论。     

Exergy analysis of two phase change materials storage system for solar thermal power with finite-time thermodynamics

A mathematical model for the overall exergetic efficiency of two phase change materials named PCM1 and PCM2 storage system with a concentrating collector for solar thermal power based on finite-time thermodynamics is developed. The model takes into consideration the effects of melting temperatures and number of heat transfer unit of PCM1 and PCM2 on the overall exergetic efficiency. The analysis is based on a lumped model for the PCMs which assumes that a PCM is a thermal reservoir with a constant temperature of its melting point and a distributed model for the air which assumes that the temperature of the air varies in its flow path. The results show that the overall exergetic efficiency can be improved by 19.0-53.8% using two PCMs compared with a single PCM. It is found that melting temperatures of PCM1 and PCM2 have different influences on the overall exergetic efficiency, and the overall exergetic efficiency decreases with increasing the melting temperature of PCM1, increases with increasing the melting temperature of PCM2. It is also found that for PCM1, increasing its number of heat transfer unit can increase the overall exergetic efficiency, however, for PCM2, only when the melting temperature of PCM1 is less than 1150 K and the melting temperature of PCM2 is more than 750 K, increasing the number of heat transfer unit of PCM2 can increase the overall exergetic efficiency. Considering actual application of solar thermal power, we suggest that the optimum melting temperature range of PCM1 is 1000-1150 K and that of PCM2 is 750-900 K. The present analysis provides theoretical guidance for applications of two PCMs storage system for solar thermal power.     

Energy analysis of space solar dynamic heat receivers

Energy analysis of space solar dynamic heat receivers employing solid–liquid phase change storage is developed. The heat receiver is a critical component of a solar dynamic system. Phase change thermal energy storage is used in the heat receiver. The energy analysis presented here can be used to understand the energy transfer in the heat receiver and thermal energy storage in phase change materials (PCM). The heat receiver cavity radiation mathematical model and the working fluid tube heat model are established. Energy loss, energy absorbed by gas, the latent and sensible thermal energy storage in PCM, maximum tube temperature, gas outlet temperature and liquid PCM fraction were calculated. The results are analyzed and could be used in heat receiver design.     

高温相变蓄热器数值模拟与实验研究

高温相变蓄热器是空间太阳能热动力发电系统的关键部件之一,相变材料(PCM)蓄热是其中的关键技术。对以LiF-CaF2为PCM和以干空气为工质的蓄热系统进行了地面实验,并分别建立了相应条件下填充纯PCM和泡沫复合相变材料(FCPCM)的蓄热单元管数学模型。经过数值计算得到结果表明,纯PCM蓄热单元管计算值与实验数据吻合得很好,表明了计算模型的有效性;此外,对填充纯PCM和FCPCM的蓄热单元管的计算结果进行了比较,结果表明,泡沫的填充强化了PCM的导热性能,提高了蓄热系统的热性能。     

Thermal performance analysis for a heat receiver using multiple phase change materials

To solve the problems associated with employing the single melt point phase change material in a heat receiver for the NASA 2 kW solar dynamic power system, this paper presents a practically easy to carry-out PCM receiver model composed of three different phase change temperature materials together with the corresponding physical model. A numerical solution is also given by which the maximal temperature for heat transfer, working fluid exit temperature, and liquid PCM fraction of the total heat transfer tube in whole are calculated. Furthermore, the results are compared with those obtained from the single PCM heat receiver. The results show that it is possible to improve the receiver performance and to reduce both the fluctuation of working fluid temperature and the weight of the heat receiver. All results of the calculation can be used to guide the heat receiver design.     

Thermal performance of PCM thermal storage unit for a roof integrated solar heating system

The thermal performance of a phase change thermal storage unit is analysed and discussed. The storage unit is a component of a roof integrated solar heating system being developed for space heating of a home. The unit consists of several layers of phase change material (PCM) slabs with a melting temperature of 29 °C. Warm air delivered by a roof integrated collector is passed through the spaces between the PCM layers to charge the storage unit. The stored heat is utilised to heat ambient air before being admitted to a living space. The study is based on both experimental results and a theoretical two dimensional mathematical model of the PCM employed to analyse the transient thermal behaviour of the storage unit during the charge and discharge periods. The analysis takes into account the effects of sensible heat which exists when the initial temperature of the PCM is well below or above the melting point during melting or freezing. The significance of natural convection occurring inside the PCM on the heat transfer rate during melting which was previously suspected as the cause of faster melting process in one of the experiments is discussed. The results are compared with a previous analysis based on a one dimensional model which neglected the effect of sensible heat. A comparison with experimental results for a specific geometry is also made.     

Integrated solar collector storage system based on a salt-hydrate phase-change material

A new integrated collector storage (ICS) concept for low-temperature solar heating of water is described. The solar energy is stored in a salt-hydrate phase-change material (PCM) held in the collector and is discharged to cold water flowing through a surface heat exchanger located in a layer of stationary heat transfer liquid (SHTL), floating over an immiscible layer of PCM. A theoretical model for the charging process of the proposed integrated collector is presented. The model assumes one-dimensional transient heat conduction in the PCM and SHTL layers and neglects the effect of convection heat transfer in these regions. The model was solved numerically by an enthalpy-based finite differences method and validated against experimental data. The results of parametric studies on the effect of the transition temperature and of the thickness layer of the salt-hydrate PCM on the thermal performance of the charging process are also presented.