Thermal Energy Storage with Super Insulating Materials: A Parametrical Analysis. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fantucci, Stefano; Lorenzati, Alice; Kazas, Georgios; Levchenko, Dmytro; Serale, Gianluca
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 78(2015)
• Page Start: 441
• Page End: 446
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Thermal Energy Storage -- Storage net volume -- Super Insulation Material -- Vacuum Insulation Panel -- Aerogel Based Products; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.691
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: The adoption of super-insulating materials could dramatically reduce the energy losses in thermal energy storage (TES). In this paper, these materials were tested and compared with the traditional materials adopted in TES. The reduction of system performance caused by thermal bridging effect was considered using FEM analysis. Afterwards, parametrical analysis of the most influencing variables that affect super insulated TES tanks was carried out, to investigate effective benefits and drawbacks due to the adoption of these materials. Possible future applications and outlooks were discussed.