Frazer-Nash Consultant, Anthony Kwong, will be presenting at the
World Renewable Energy Congress XVI in Australia on 7 February.
Anthony's paper, 'Banking on Energy Storage: Analytical
verification of the performance of large thermocline tanks', uses a
real-life example to illustrate the approach and to validate the
method.
Anthony says:
"Thermocline tank performance relies on its ability to isolate
the hot and cold fluids and can be threatened by temperature mixing
effects, such as conduction and turbulence.
"The tanks are a commercially attractive heat storage option,
but are high capital cost items, presenting a source of risk to
debt financers - particularly when being considered for
longer-term, seasonal heat storage requirements.
"My presentation will outline a computationally efficient method
to quantify tank performance, by incorporating computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) analysis into a simple energy transport model. It
was used during the design stage to provide confidence for the
proposed tank design, and useful operational insights were also
deduced. The model was then validated against measurement data
during commissioning with good agreement."
The World Renewable Energy Congress is taking place from 5 to 9
February at Murdoch University, Western Australia. A forum for
networking between suppliers, consumers, governments, industry,
academia, and financial institutions the conference theme is
'Transition towards 100% renewable energy'. Topics under discussion
will include energy storage, biofuels and energy from waste,
climatic and environmental issues, and the economics of renewable
energy.
Find out more about the World Renewable Energy Congress here.