... was preliminarily performed to investigate the fluids thermo-physical properties, and the obtained values were utilized as input data to model the discharge phase in a thermocline tank. The simulation results were compared with the ones acquired considering two commercial materials, namely, solar salt and Hitec XL...

...M. Capocelli; G. Caputo; M. De Falco; I. Balog; V. Piemonte This paper presents the modeling theory and results of an innovative thermal energy storage (TES) facility, ideated, realized, and tested by ENEA (Italy). This prototype enabled the thermocline storage with molten salts in a novel geometry...

...Brian D. Iverson; Stephen J. Bauer; Scott M. Flueckiger thermocline thermal energy storage concentrating solar power solar energy Molten-salt thermocline tanks are a thermal storage technology for use in concentrating solar power plants where sensible energy in the liquid salt...

...,” ASME). A single tank TES system consists of a thermocline region which produces the temperature gradient between hot and cold storage fluid by density difference (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/thermal_storage.html ). Preservation...

... online October 17, 2012. Assoc. Editor: Rainer Tamme. 24 10 2011 06 09 2012 The growing interest in large-scale solar power production has led to a renewed exploration of thermal storage technologies. In a thermocline storage system, heat transfer fluid (HTF) from the collection...

...Gregory J. Kolb A study was performed to compare the annual performance of 50 MW e Andasol-like trough plants that employ either a 2-tank or a thermocline-type molten-salt thermal storage system. trnsys software was used to create the plant models and to perform the annual simulations. The annual...