IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v15y2022i21p8269-d964075.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Compact Thermal Storage with Phase Change Material for Low-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery—Advances and Perspectives

Author

Listed:
  • Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova

    (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 103, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria)

  • Aleksandar Georgiev

    (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 103, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
    Department of Mechanics, Plovdiv Branch, Technical University of Sofia, 25 Tsanko Diustabanov Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

  • Svetoslav Nakov

    (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 103, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria)

  • Stela Panyovska

    (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 103, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria)

  • Tatyana Petrova

    (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 103, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria)

  • Subarna Maiti

    (CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India)

Abstract

The current interest in thermal energy storage is connected with increasing the efficiency of conventional fuel-dependent systems by storing the waste heat in low consumption periods, as well as with harvesting renewable energy sources with intermittent character. Many of the studies are directed towards compact solutions requiring less space than the commonly used hot water tanks. This is especially important for small capacity thermal systems in buildings, in family houses or small communities. There are many examples of thermal energy storage (TES) in the literature using the latent heat of phase change, but only a few are commercially available. There are no distinct generally accepted requirements for such TES systems. The present work fills that gap on the basis of the state of the art in the field. It reviews the most prospective designs among the available compact latent heat storage (LHS) systems in residential applications for hot water, heating and cooling and the methods for their investigation and optimization. It indicates the important characteristics of the most cost- and energy-efficient compact design of an LHS for waste heat utilization. The proper design provides the chosen targets at a reasonable cost, with a high heat transfer rate and effective insulation. It allows connection to multiple heat sources, coupling with a heat pump and integration into existing technologies and expected future scenarios for residential heating and cooling. Compact shell-tube type is distinguished for its advantages and commercial application.

Suggested Citation

  • Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova & Aleksandar Georgiev & Svetoslav Nakov & Stela Panyovska & Tatyana Petrova & Subarna Maiti, 2022. "Compact Thermal Storage with Phase Change Material for Low-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery—Advances and Perspectives," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-21, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:21:p:8269-:d:964075
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/21/8269/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/21/8269/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Pereira da Cunha, Jose & Eames, Philip, 2016. "Thermal energy storage for low and medium temperature applications using phase change materials – A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 227-238.
    2. Sebastian Kuboth & Andreas König-Haagen & Dieter Brüggemann, 2017. "Numerical Analysis of Shell-and-Tube Type Latent Thermal Energy Storage Performance with Different Arrangements of Circular Fins," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-14, February.
    3. Ji, Chenzhen & Qin, Zhen & Dubey, Swapnil & Choo, Fook Hoong & Duan, Fei, 2017. "Three-dimensional transient numerical study on latent heat thermal storage for waste heat recovery from a low temperature gas flow," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 205(C), pages 1-12.
    4. Dre Helmns & David H. Blum & Spencer M. Dutton & Van P. Carey, 2021. "Development and Validation of a Latent Thermal Energy Storage Model Using Modelica," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-22, January.
    5. Itamar A. Harris Bernal & Arthur M. James Rivas & María De Los A. Ortega Del Rosario & M. Ziad Saghir, 2022. "A Redesign Methodology to Improve the Performance of a Thermal Energy Storage with Phase Change Materials: A Numerical Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, January.
    6. Guelpa, Elisa & Verda, Vittorio, 2019. "Thermal energy storage in district heating and cooling systems: A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 252(C), pages 1-1.
    7. Arnaudo, Monica & Dalgren, Johan & Topel, Monika & Laumert, Björn, 2021. "Waste heat recovery in low temperature networks versus domestic heat pumps - A techno-economic and environmental analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    8. Lund, Henrik & Werner, Sven & Wiltshire, Robin & Svendsen, Svend & Thorsen, Jan Eric & Hvelplund, Frede & Mathiesen, Brian Vad, 2014. "4th Generation District Heating (4GDH)," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 1-11.
    9. Emhofer, Johann & Marx, Klemens & Sporr, Andreas & Barz, Tilman & Nitsch, Birgo & Wiesflecker, Michael & Pink, Werner, 2022. "Experimental demonstration of an air-source heat pump application using an integrated phase change material storage as a desuperheater for domestic hot water generation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    10. Fadl, Mohamed & Eames, Philip C., 2019. "An experimental investigation of the heat transfer and energy storage characteristics of a compact latent heat thermal energy storage system for domestic hot water applications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    11. Gulfam, Raza & Zhang, Peng & Meng, Zhaonan, 2019. "Advanced thermal systems driven by paraffin-based phase change materials – A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 238(C), pages 582-611.
    12. Saulius Pakalka & Kęstutis Valančius & Giedrė Streckienė, 2021. "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Natural Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient in Phase Change Material (PCM) Based Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-14, January.
    13. Waser, R. & Ghani, F. & Maranda, S. & O'Donovan, T.S. & Schuetz, P. & Zaglio, M. & Worlitschek, J., 2018. "Fast and experimentally validated model of a latent thermal energy storage device for system level simulations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 231(C), pages 116-126.
    14. Connolly, D. & Lund, H. & Mathiesen, B.V. & Werner, S. & Möller, B. & Persson, U. & Boermans, T. & Trier, D. & Østergaard, P.A. & Nielsen, S., 2014. "Heat Roadmap Europe: Combining district heating with heat savings to decarbonise the EU energy system," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 475-489.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Maksymilian Homa & Anna Pałac & Maciej Żołądek & Rafał Figaj, 2022. "Small-Scale Hybrid and Polygeneration Renewable Energy Systems: Energy Generation and Storage Technologies, Applications, and Analysis Methodology," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-52, December.
    2. Kyle Shank & Saeed Tiari, 2023. "A Review on Active Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques within Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-27, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Danica Djurić Ilić, 2020. "Classification of Measures for Dealing with District Heating Load Variations—A Systematic Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-27, December.
    2. Saletti, Costanza & Zimmerman, Nathan & Morini, Mirko & Kyprianidis, Konstantinos & Gambarotta, Agostino, 2021. "Enabling smart control by optimally managing the State of Charge of district heating networks," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
    3. Daniilidis, Alexandros & Mindel, Julian E. & De Oliveira Filho, Fleury & Guglielmetti, Luca, 2022. "Techno-economic assessment and operational CO2 emissions of High-Temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (HT-ATES) using demand-driven and subsurface-constrained dimensioning," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 249(C).
    4. Li, Haoran & Hou, Juan & Hong, Tianzhen & Nord, Natasa, 2022. "Distinguish between the economic optimal and lowest distribution temperatures for heat-prosumer-based district heating systems with short-term thermal energy storage," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 248(C).
    5. Sayegh, M.A. & Danielewicz, J. & Nannou, T. & Miniewicz, M. & Jadwiszczak, P. & Piekarska, K. & Jouhara, H., 2017. "Trends of European research and development in district heating technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 68(P2), pages 1183-1192.
    6. Doračić, Borna & Pukšec, Tomislav & Schneider, Daniel Rolph & Duić, Neven, 2020. "The effect of different parameters of the excess heat source on the levelized cost of excess heat," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    7. Persson, Urban & Wiechers, Eva & Möller, Bernd & Werner, Sven, 2019. "Heat Roadmap Europe: Heat distribution costs," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 604-622.
    8. Collins, Seán & Deane, J.P. & Ó Gallachóir, Brian, 2017. "Adding value to EU energy policy analysis using a multi-model approach with an EU-28 electricity dispatch model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 433-447.
    9. Guelpa, Elisa & Bischi, Aldo & Verda, Vittorio & Chertkov, Michael & Lund, Henrik, 2019. "Towards future infrastructures for sustainable multi-energy systems: A review," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 184(C), pages 2-21.
    10. Hemmatabady, Hoofar & Welsch, Bastian & Formhals, Julian & Sass, Ingo, 2022. "AI-based enviro-economic optimization of solar-coupled and standalone geothermal systems for heating and cooling," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 311(C).
    11. Wirtz, Marco, 2023. "nPro: A web-based planning tool for designing district energy systems and thermal networks," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 268(C).
    12. Grundahl, Lars & Nielsen, Steffen & Lund, Henrik & Möller, Bernd, 2016. "Comparison of district heating expansion potential based on consumer-economy or socio-economy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(P3), pages 1771-1778.
    13. Bürger, Veit & Steinbach, Jan & Kranzl, Lukas & Müller, Andreas, 2019. "Third party access to district heating systems - Challenges for the practical implementation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 881-892.
    14. Vinagre Díaz, Juan José & Wilby, Mark Richard & Rodríguez González, Ana Belén, 2015. "The wasted energy: A metric to set up appropriate targets in our path towards fully renewable energy systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 90(P1), pages 900-909.
    15. Chambers, Jonathan & Narula, Kapil & Sulzer, Matthias & Patel, Martin K., 2019. "Mapping district heating potential under evolving thermal demand scenarios and technologies: A case study for Switzerland," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 682-692.
    16. Billerbeck, Anna & Breitschopf, Barbara & Winkler, Jenny & Bürger, Veit & Köhler, Benjamin & Bacquet, Alexandre & Popovski, Eftim & Fallahnejad, Mostafa & Kranzl, Lukas & Ragwitz, Mario, 2023. "Policy frameworks for district heating: A comprehensive overview and analysis of regulations and support measures across Europe," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    17. Brinkley, Catherine, 2018. "The conundrum of combustible clean energy: Sweden's history of siting district heating smokestacks in residential areas," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 526-532.
    18. Mohammadreza Ebrahimnataj Tiji & Jasim M. Mahdi & Hayder I. Mohammed & Hasan Sh. Majdi & Abbas Ebrahimi & Rohollah Babaei Mahani & Pouyan Talebizadehsardari & Wahiba Yaïci, 2021. "Natural Convection Effect on Solidification Enhancement in a Multi-Tube Latent Heat Storage System: Effect of Tubes’ Arrangement," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-23, November.
    19. Egging-Bratseth, Ruud & Kauko, Hanne & Knudsen, Brage Rugstad & Bakke, Sara Angell & Ettayebi, Amina & Haufe, Ina Renate, 2021. "Seasonal storage and demand side management in district heating systems with demand uncertainty," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 285(C).
    20. Østergaard, Poul Alberg & Andersen, Anders N., 2018. "Economic feasibility of booster heat pumps in heat pump-based district heating systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 921-929.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:21:p:8269-:d:964075. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.