The operational behaviours of thermal storage systems utilizing the latent heat of fusion of phase change
materials (PCM) are simulated for symmetric balanced/unbalanced conditions. A unified two-phase model,
which accommodates the performance prediction of cyclic thermal regenerators with encapsulated PCM or
conventional packing, is solved numerically by finite difference method. Extensive numerical results
revealed the effect of various parameters on the performance of such systems. The comparison of the
results with the literature data proves the accuracy of the developed model.
کلید واژگان :
thermal regenerators; phase change materials; energy storage; modelling and simulation
