Thermal Energy Storage in Porous Media. Design and Applications

Table of Contents

1. An introduction to latent heat thermal storage 2. Porous media enhanced thermal storage 3. Energy charging/discharging system design and experimental results on a composite 4. Numerical simulation model and verification 5. Melting/solidification law of axial-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank 6. Melting/solidification law of radial-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank 7. Melting/solidification law of cross-gradient structure in a vertical thermal storage tank 8. Melting/solidification law of radial-gradient structure in a horizontal thermal storage tank 9. Applications of metal foam enhanced thermal energy storage for district heating

Authors

Xiaohu Yang School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Prof. Xiaohu Yang is a professor at the School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. He is the Subject Editor of Elsevier's Advances in Applied Energy and Guest Editors of Applied Energy and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Prof. Yang has published more than 100 journal papers in the field of thermal energy storage and thermal transport in porous media. Ming-jia Li Jia Li, Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Prof. Ming-Jia Li, Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. She is the associate editor for Applied Thermal Engineering and guest editor of Energy. Prof. Li has published more than 100 journal papers in the field of solar thermal energy utilization, thermodynamics and economic analysis on large-scale energy systems. Jinyue Yan Professor of Energy Engineering at M�lardalen University, Sweden. Dr. Prof. Jinyue Yan, Fellow of European Academy of Sciences, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology and M�lardalen University, Sweden. Prof. Yan is the EiC of Elsevier's journal Advances in Applied Energy and has served as the editorial board members for many prestigious journals such as Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Journal of Energy Storage, International Journal of Energy Research and etc. Prof. Yan has published more than 400 journal in the field of solar thermal energy utilization, large-scale renewable energy systems.