Journal article
Potential of cascaded phase change materials in enhancing the performance of solar domestic hot water systems
Abstract
The current paper explores a multi-tank thermal storage system for multi-residential solar domestic hot water applications. The thermal storage system includes phase change materials (PCMs) of different melting temperatures incorporated in the tanks. The PCMs are introduced as vertical cylindrical modules and water flowing along the length of tank is used as the heat transfer fluid. An enthalpy porosity model was developed to solve for the …
Authors
Teamah HM; Lightstone MF; Cotton JS
Journal
Solar Energy, Vol. 159, , pp. 519–530
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.solener.2017.11.034
ISSN
0038-092X