Performance enhancement of flat plate solar collectors is an endless research direction as it represents the most used solar technology.The enhancement could be achieved via design alteration,absorber-installed protru...Performance enhancement of flat plate solar collectors is an endless research direction as it represents the most used solar technology.The enhancement could be achieved via design alteration,absorber-installed protrusions,and integration with thermal energy storage.The objective of the current research is to evaluate a compacted solar collector integrated with octadecane organic paraffin PCM(phase change materials)as a thermal energy storage medium.The investigations have been performed numerically utilizing ANSYS software.Thermal storage contains the PCM securely encased behind the absorbent plate of the collector in four packing containers.The investigations have been performed without thermal energy storage and with nanoencapsulated thermal energy storage at 5%and 10%volume fractions.The optimal blend for the ongoing inquiry comprises two constituents:particulate octadecane and water as the primary fluid of operation.The findings suggest that in the morning,the nano-encapsulated PCM falls somewhere in the middle,between the absorbent copper plate’s temperature and the fluid temperature flowing out of the collector.However,the collector’s heat output is insufficient tomelt this thermal energy storagewhen its temperature drops overnight.5%by volume of nanoparticles was determined to be the ideal concentration.While increasing the volume percentage of nanoparticles inside PCM can sometimes boost the temperature of the fluid exiting,it does not necessarily improve performance.展开更多
Phase Change Material(PCM)-based cold energy storage system(CESS)can effectively utilize the peak and valley power resources to reduce the excessive dependence on the power grid.In this study,a PCM-based CESS was desi...Phase Change Material(PCM)-based cold energy storage system(CESS)can effectively utilize the peak and valley power resources to reduce the excessive dependence on the power grid.In this study,a PCM-based CESS was designed for cold storage applications.The optimal number of PCM plates was determined through numerical simulations to meet the required cold storage temperature and control time.Additionally,the air temperature field,flow field,and melting characteristics of the PCMplates during the cooling release process were analyzed.The effects of plate positioning and thickness on the cooling release performance were further investigated.The results indicated that when 64PCMplateswere used,the duration formaintaining temperatures below−18℃increased from0.6 h to approximately 16.94 h.During the cooling release process,the temperature field in the cold storage exhibited stratification,and the melting of the PCM plates was non-uniform.Placing the PCM plates at the top or within the interlayers without cargo above proved more effective,with their cooling release power being approximately twice that of the PCM plates placed in the interlayers with cargo above.Furthermore,reducing the thickness of the PCMplates from15 to 7.5mmresulted in a 3.6-h increase in the time below−18℃and a 4.5-h reduction in the time required to reach 80%liquid phase fraction.展开更多
在不增加设备体积重量以及提高发射功率的前提下,为满足高码率遥测数据传输的需求,现有的脉冲编码调制-频调(Pulse Code Modulation Frequency Modulation, PCM-FM)遥测系统广泛使用多符号检测(Multiple Symbol Detection, MSD)算法和Tu...在不增加设备体积重量以及提高发射功率的前提下,为满足高码率遥测数据传输的需求,现有的脉冲编码调制-频调(Pulse Code Modulation Frequency Modulation, PCM-FM)遥测系统广泛使用多符号检测(Multiple Symbol Detection, MSD)算法和Turbo乘积码(TPC)技术。调制指数是PCM-FM遥测系统中的重要参数之一,对系统带宽和误码率有重要影响。本文分析了MSD多符号检测算法原理,通过计算互相关系数及Matlab仿真,分析了调制指数大小对带宽和误码率的影响,指出将调制指数设置为0.715较为合适;分析了调制指数偏差对信噪比损耗的影响,利用MSD算法的相位网格图分析了调制指数偏差对误码和码同步的影响,指出随机数据比连“0”或连“1”数据具有更好的容忍能力。展开更多
This article aims to present the feasibility of storing thermal energy in buildings for solar water heating while maintaining the comfort environment for residential buildings.Our contribution is the creation of insul...This article aims to present the feasibility of storing thermal energy in buildings for solar water heating while maintaining the comfort environment for residential buildings.Our contribution is the creation of insulating composite panels made of bio-based phase change materials(bio-PCM is all from coconut oil),cement and renewable materials(treated wood fiber and organic clay).The inclusion of wood fibers improved the thermal properties;a simple 2%increase of wood fiber decreased the heat conductivity by approximately 23.42%.The issues of bio-PCM leakage in the cement mortar and a roughly 56.5%reduction in thermal conductivity with bio-PCM stability in composite panels can be resolved by treating wood fibers with an adjuvant by impregnating them in bio-PCM in the presence of the treated clay generated.Clay and wood fiber were treated with adjuvants that are both biological and environmentally acceptable,as confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy.The heat transfer bench(DIDATEK)showed a decrease in thermal conductivity.By using differential scanning calorimetric(DSC)analysis,the investigation of thermal stability and enthalpy during two heating cycles of pure bio-PCM and composite bio-PCM was validated.The novel renewable material was used to create composite panels for the trial prototype,which took the shape of a component attached to the solar heating system,33.57%less heat was lost,according to the heat transfer research.The outcomes demonstrated the possibility of replacing traditional electric water heating in residential buildings with solar water heating systems.展开更多
文摘Performance enhancement of flat plate solar collectors is an endless research direction as it represents the most used solar technology.The enhancement could be achieved via design alteration,absorber-installed protrusions,and integration with thermal energy storage.The objective of the current research is to evaluate a compacted solar collector integrated with octadecane organic paraffin PCM(phase change materials)as a thermal energy storage medium.The investigations have been performed numerically utilizing ANSYS software.Thermal storage contains the PCM securely encased behind the absorbent plate of the collector in four packing containers.The investigations have been performed without thermal energy storage and with nanoencapsulated thermal energy storage at 5%and 10%volume fractions.The optimal blend for the ongoing inquiry comprises two constituents:particulate octadecane and water as the primary fluid of operation.The findings suggest that in the morning,the nano-encapsulated PCM falls somewhere in the middle,between the absorbent copper plate’s temperature and the fluid temperature flowing out of the collector.However,the collector’s heat output is insufficient tomelt this thermal energy storagewhen its temperature drops overnight.5%by volume of nanoparticles was determined to be the ideal concentration.While increasing the volume percentage of nanoparticles inside PCM can sometimes boost the temperature of the fluid exiting,it does not necessarily improve performance.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51806092,52201410)Non-Carbon Energy Conversion and Utilization Institute under the Shanghai Class IV Peak Disciplinary Development Program,High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Plan of China(G2022013028L).
文摘Phase Change Material(PCM)-based cold energy storage system(CESS)can effectively utilize the peak and valley power resources to reduce the excessive dependence on the power grid.In this study,a PCM-based CESS was designed for cold storage applications.The optimal number of PCM plates was determined through numerical simulations to meet the required cold storage temperature and control time.Additionally,the air temperature field,flow field,and melting characteristics of the PCMplates during the cooling release process were analyzed.The effects of plate positioning and thickness on the cooling release performance were further investigated.The results indicated that when 64PCMplateswere used,the duration formaintaining temperatures below−18℃increased from0.6 h to approximately 16.94 h.During the cooling release process,the temperature field in the cold storage exhibited stratification,and the melting of the PCM plates was non-uniform.Placing the PCM plates at the top or within the interlayers without cargo above proved more effective,with their cooling release power being approximately twice that of the PCM plates placed in the interlayers with cargo above.Furthermore,reducing the thickness of the PCMplates from15 to 7.5mmresulted in a 3.6-h increase in the time below−18℃and a 4.5-h reduction in the time required to reach 80%liquid phase fraction.
文摘在不增加设备体积重量以及提高发射功率的前提下,为满足高码率遥测数据传输的需求,现有的脉冲编码调制-频调(Pulse Code Modulation Frequency Modulation, PCM-FM)遥测系统广泛使用多符号检测(Multiple Symbol Detection, MSD)算法和Turbo乘积码(TPC)技术。调制指数是PCM-FM遥测系统中的重要参数之一,对系统带宽和误码率有重要影响。本文分析了MSD多符号检测算法原理,通过计算互相关系数及Matlab仿真,分析了调制指数大小对带宽和误码率的影响,指出将调制指数设置为0.715较为合适;分析了调制指数偏差对信噪比损耗的影响,利用MSD算法的相位网格图分析了调制指数偏差对误码和码同步的影响,指出随机数据比连“0”或连“1”数据具有更好的容忍能力。
文摘This article aims to present the feasibility of storing thermal energy in buildings for solar water heating while maintaining the comfort environment for residential buildings.Our contribution is the creation of insulating composite panels made of bio-based phase change materials(bio-PCM is all from coconut oil),cement and renewable materials(treated wood fiber and organic clay).The inclusion of wood fibers improved the thermal properties;a simple 2%increase of wood fiber decreased the heat conductivity by approximately 23.42%.The issues of bio-PCM leakage in the cement mortar and a roughly 56.5%reduction in thermal conductivity with bio-PCM stability in composite panels can be resolved by treating wood fibers with an adjuvant by impregnating them in bio-PCM in the presence of the treated clay generated.Clay and wood fiber were treated with adjuvants that are both biological and environmentally acceptable,as confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy.The heat transfer bench(DIDATEK)showed a decrease in thermal conductivity.By using differential scanning calorimetric(DSC)analysis,the investigation of thermal stability and enthalpy during two heating cycles of pure bio-PCM and composite bio-PCM was validated.The novel renewable material was used to create composite panels for the trial prototype,which took the shape of a component attached to the solar heating system,33.57%less heat was lost,according to the heat transfer research.The outcomes demonstrated the possibility of replacing traditional electric water heating in residential buildings with solar water heating systems.
