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Thermochemical heat storage performances of fluidized black CaCO3 pellets under direct concentrated solar irradiation

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  • Zheng, Hangbin
  • Liu, Xianglei
  • Xuan, Yimin
  • Song, Chao
  • Liu, Dachuan
  • Zhu, Qibin
  • Zhu, Zhonghui
  • Gao, Ke
  • Li, Yongliang
  • Ding, Yulong

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Conventional solar thermochemical heat storage based on indirect surface-heating usually suffers from high heat losses and low solar-chemical efficiency. Here, a different solar thermochemical heat storage system based on direct solar illumination on fluidized black CaCO3 pellets is proposed. A Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) model considering irradiation ray tracing, granular flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reaction, is built. Black CaCO3 pellets are fabricated via a facile template mixing method, and the solar absorptance is enhanced to 63.9% from 27.9% of traditional pure CaCO3. Effects of gas velocity and irradiative flux on thermochemical heat storage performance in a fluidized volumetric bed are investigated by incorporating measured kinetic and solar absorptance properties of designed black CaCO3 pellets. The peak solar-chemical efficiency reaches a value higher than 43% benefiting from enhanced solar absorptance, higher gas velocity and irradiative flux. This work guides the design of the high-efficiency direct solar thermochemical heat storage system.

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  • Zheng, Hangbin & Liu, Xianglei & Xuan, Yimin & Song, Chao & Liu, Dachuan & Zhu, Qibin & Zhu, Zhonghui & Gao, Ke & Li, Yongliang & Ding, Yulong, 2021. "Thermochemical heat storage performances of fluidized black CaCO3 pellets under direct concentrated solar irradiation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 1353-1369.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:178:y:2021:i:c:p:1353-1369
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.07.026
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