Theoretical Study of Thermal Performance of Rock Bed Storage

<p class="ListParagraph">    In this theoretical study, heat transfer and pressure drop in two cases of rock bed thermal storage has been studied, in the first case the equivalent diameter is changed  when the mass flow rate per unit area is constant, and in the second case is invers...

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Main Authors: Suad Danok, Ihsan Abbas, Mousa Mustafa Weis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tikrit University 2013-05-01
Series:Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/139
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Summary:<p class="ListParagraph">    In this theoretical study, heat transfer and pressure drop in two cases of rock bed thermal storage has been studied, in the first case the equivalent diameter is changed  when the mass flow rate per unit area is constant, and in the second case is inversely. The unsteady numerical simulation is employed to analyze the performance of the heat flow and temperature field in the storage. While the best thermal storage is obtain at equivalent diameter is (0.01) m. and show that the relation of pressure drop is decrease with increase in equivalent diameter except in a range of (0.025 to 0.038) m is constant.</p>
ISSN:1813-162X
2312-7589