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Optimization of tree-shaped fin structures towards enhanced discharging performance of metal hydride reactor for thermochemical heat storage based on entransy theory

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  • Zhu, Chen
  • Mou, Xiaofeng
  • Bao, Zewei

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Integrating fin structures into metal hydride (MH) bed can enhance heat discharging performance of the reactor for thermochemical heat storage. In this study, based on the entransy theory, the entransy dissipation rate (Eh,st) or the entransy dissipation (Eh,tr) of a simplified two-dimensional (2D) steady-state or transient heat conduction model for the MH bed was used to be an objective to optimize the tree-shaped fin (TSF) structures. Furthermore, response surface method (RSM) was adopted to explore the relationship between Eh,st or Eh,tr and structural parameters (i.e., branch number N, branch level M, length ratio α, width index β, and angle ratio γ). The results show that RSM can effectively predict influences of structural parameters of TSFs on heat discharging performance. Based on RSM with entransy theory, the obtained optimal combination parameters were N = 8, M = 3, α = 1, β = 0.5, and γ = 1, corresponding to the maximum gravimetric exergy-output rate (GEOR) of 20.98 W/kg. Furthermore, the GEOR with optimized fins was 11.5 % higher than that with unoptimized TSFs. The optimization method based on the entransy theory was effective to optimize the TSF structures by solving 2D model instead of three-dimensional model, and shorten the calculation time for optimization.

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  • Zhu, Chen & Mou, Xiaofeng & Bao, Zewei, 2024. "Optimization of tree-shaped fin structures towards enhanced discharging performance of metal hydride reactor for thermochemical heat storage based on entransy theory," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:220:y:2024:i:c:s0960148123015008
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119585
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