Thermal performance of a full-scale stratified chilled-water thermal storage tank
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
The thermal performance of a full-scale 1.47 million gallon (5300 m{sup 3}), 44.5 ft (13.6 m) water-depth, naturally stratified chilled-water thermal storage tank with radial diffusers is analyzed. Controlled, constant inlet flow rate tests covering the full range of the system have been performed for both charge and discharge processes. Thermal performance for these half-cycle tests is quantified using performance metrics similar to the figure of merit (FOM). Lost capacity, a new measure of performance with practical significance, is also presented. Uncertainty analysis shows that under some circumstances, particularly for tall tanks, lost capacity allows thermal performance to be quantified with less experimental uncertainty than FOM. Results of these tests indicate that discharge cycles performance is not as good as charge cycle performance at the same flow rate. However, the half-cycle figure of merit for all cycles tested was in excess of 90%, despite the fact that the inlet Reynolds number exceeded that recommended in the literature by up to a factor of five.
- OSTI ID:
- 687607
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980650-; TRN: IM9944%%272
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1998 ASHRAE summer annual meeting, Toronto (Canada), 20 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1998: Technical and symposium papers. Volume 104, Part 2; PB: 1511 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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