For years, packed beds of thermochemical materials have been investigated for thermal energy storage purposes because of their simple design and low cost. In these beds, the salts are heated through heat exchanger plates (closed systems) [9] or by a flow of hot dry gases (open system) [6], [10] (see Fig. 1).).
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Get a quoteThe system consists of a cylindrical container with a height of 30.48 cm (12 in.) and a diameter of 17.78 cm (7 in.). The HTF flows through a central pipe with a diameter of 2.54 cm (1 in.). Six different annular fin configurations (shown in Fig. 1 a) as well as a benchmark case with no fins were studied to evaluate the impact of fin configuration and …
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