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Efficient simulation strategy for PCM-based cold-energy storage systems
- Source :
- Applied Thermal Engineering (2018), 139, 419-431
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper proposes a computationally efficient simulation strategy for cold thermal energy storage (TES) systems based on phase change material (PCM). Taking as a starting point the recent design of a TES system based on PCM, designed to complement a vapour-compression refrigeration plant, the new highly efficient modelling strategy is described and its performance is compared against the pre-existing one. The need for a new computationally efficient approach comes from the fact that, in the near future, such a TES model is intended to be used in combination with the model of the own mother refrigeration plant, in order to address efficient, long-term energy management strategies, where computation time will become a major issue. Comparative simulations show that the proposed computationally efficient strategy reduces the simulation time to a small fraction of the original figure (from around 1/30th till around 1/120th, depending on the particular choice of the main sampling interval), at the expense of affordable inaccuracy in terms of the PCM charge ratio.<br />Comment: 36 pages, 14 figures. Postprint of the final published work
- Subjects :
- Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Applied Thermal Engineering (2018), 139, 419-431
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2402.02597
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.05.008