Research Catalog

Title

Thermal energy storage and regeneration / Frank W. Schmidt, A. John Willmott.

Author

Schmidt, Frank W., 1929-

Publication

Washington : Hemisphere Pub. Corp. ; New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1981.

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Additional Authors

Willmott, A. John, 1934-

Description

xvi, 352 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Series in thermal and fluids engineering

Uniform Title

Series in thermal and fluids engineering

Subject

• Heat storage devices
• Heat regenerators
• Energieopslag
• Warmte
• Warmtewisselaars
• Calor

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Thermal energy storage : Selection of the type of energy to be stored ; Thermal energy storage units -- 2. Single-blow operating mode: infinite fluid heat capacity and simplified models : Infinite fluid heat capacity ; Simplified model ; Simplified model employing a modified heat transfer coefficient -- 3. Single-blow operating mode: finite conductivity model : Finite conductivity model: slab configuration ; Finite conductivity model: hollow cylinder ; Comparison of results for finite conductivity models of hollow cylindrical and slab configurations ; Analysis of the effects of finite thermal conductivity -- 4. Prediction of transient response of heat storage units with timewise variations in inlet fluid temperature and mass flow rate : Superposition: timewise variations in inlet fluid temperature ; Superposition: arbitrary initial temperature distribution in the storage material ; Superposition: arbitrary variation in fluid mass flow rate -- 5. Basic concepts in counterflow regenerators : Mathematical model ; Discussion of design parameters ; Effect of cycle time on regenerator performance ; Imbalance in regenerator performance ; Solution of differential equations -- 6. Finite conductivity models of counterflow regenerators : Lumped heat transfer coefficients ; Further considerations of the effect of checkerwork conductivity ; Longitudinal conduction in the regenerator packing ; Note on numerical solution of equations including longitudinal conduction ; Latitudinal conduction in the regenerator checkerwork ; Relationship between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional models -- Possible improvements in the lumped heat transfer coefficient -- 7. Nonlinear models of counterflow regenerators : Mathematical representation ; Quasi-linearization of nonlinear models ; Methods for simulating nonsteady-state performance of regenerators ; Variable gas flow problems in regenerators ; Radiative heat transfer between gas and solid surface in regenerators -- 8. Improved computational methodology for regenerators : Open methods: numerical solution of the regenerator equations ; Control of truncation error ; Open methods: integral methods for simulation of the regenerator ; Closed methods ; Numerical acceleration of regenerator simulations -- 9. Parallel-flow regenerators : Method of analysis ; The heat pole method ; Refinement of the heat pole method ; Application of the Nahavandi and Weinstein method to parallel-flow regenerators ; Parallel-flow regenerator performance ; The approach of Kumar ; Unbalanced regenerators -- 10. Transient performance of counterflow regenerators : Initial considerations ; Response to a step change in operation conditions ; Step changes in inlet gas temperature ; Interpretation of the relation between the transient performance of a regenerator and its dimensionless parameters ; Step changes in gas flow rate ; Further parameterization of transient response ; Thermal inertia of variable gas flow regenerator systems -- 11. Heat storage exchangers : Two-fluid heat exchangers ; Heat flux and single-fluid heat storage exchanger -- 12. Packed beds : Mathematical models: single blow ; Arbitrary inlet fluid and initial bed conditions -- 13. Design optimization : Complex optimization method ; Optimization of a slab heat storate unit for single-blow operating mode ; Results from optimization study of slab heat storage units ; Optimization of a packed bed heat storage unit for single-blow operating mode ; Results from optimization study of packed bed storage units -- 14. Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations : Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for channel flow ; Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for flow in packed beds.

ISBN

• 0070553467
• 9780070553460

LCCN

80019964

OCLC

• ocm06603435
• 6603435
• SCSB-9278896

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library