Screening of high melting point phase change materials (PCM) in solar thermal concentrating technology based on CLFR |
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Authors: | Akira Hoshi David R. Mills Antoine Bittar Takeo S. Saitoh |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Ichinoseki National College of Technology, Takanashi, Hagisho, Ichinoseki 021-8511, Japan;bSchool of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;cGraduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan |
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Abstract: | We have investigated the suitability of high melting point phase change materials for use in new, large scale solar thermal electricity plants. Candidate materials for latent heat thermal energy storage are identified and their operating parameters modeled and analysed. The mathematical characteristics of charging and discharging these storage materials are discussed. Several high melting point, high conductivity materials are shown to be suitable and advantageous for use with solar thermal electricity plants, such as Sydney University’s novel, low cost CLFR and MTSA collector systems, as well as existing parabolic trough and tower technologies. |
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Keywords: | Solar thermal electricity High-melting point Phase change material Compact linear Fresnel reflector Multi tower solar array Latent heat thermal energy storage |
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