Thermal Energy Storage and Regeneration

The newest techniques and theories covering the design and management of thermal energy storage systems in the areas of heat recovery and in circumstances where energy availability does not coincide chronologically with demand are presented. Techniques that predict the performance of sensible heat storage units in a broad range of operating conditions and methods for designing energy storage units for a variety of applications are covered comprehensively. The single blow problem of gas passing through heat-storing packing continuously in one direction is discussed. Solutions to this problem facilitate the control of the drying or cooling of beds of grain, other food stuffs, and industrial granular or powder products. These same solutions are applicable to the crucial issues of heat storage capabilities of particular construction in buildings and thermal stores built into solar collectors. Detailed information is included about counterflow regenerators including finite conductivity and nonlinear models. New concepts in computational methodology, parallel flow regenerators, heat storage exchangers, and packed beds are also covered. The optimization of prediction of heat storage systems and useful engineering correlations for thermal and hydraulic aspects of storage unit design are presented and explained in detail.