Mohammadjavad Fakharian (Z0911551C) 250439

Mohammed Ayoob (Y7381488) for the 22nd of April

Assignment 3 - Thermal Analysis: Heat Exchanger

Introduction:

In this assignment, we're looking at systems that store heat energy, which helps deal with
when energy sources like wind or solar aren't always available. One type, called High-
temperature Thermal Energy Storage (TES), is super useful for industries and making
electricity. We'll focus on how much Thermal Battery Elements (TBE) have the energy
capacity.
By understanding this, we see how High-temperature (TES) helps industries to know the
number of required batteries that need to satisfy the demanded energy with being reliable
and efficient.Both cases involve utilizing Gid software for the Thermal FEA. Gid (The GiD
Pre and Post Processor) is a versatile software tool for generating and analyzing Finite
Element Meshes, commonly used for simulations in various engineering disciplines,
including thermal analysis. It facilitates setting up simulation parameters, running
simulations, and visualizing results, enhancing the understanding of the Thermal Battery
Element's behavior when employing Heatcrete or PCM.

Problem type:

This is the thermal type of analysis and the boundary function is in Discrete, from the
calculations we get the time: amplitude as follows that we use these conditions:

MODELING:
First we have to do
Creation of they geometry:

Using symmetry of the geometry we are just taking 1/4th part into account

Then we do our geometry in

flat view as you can see:

Now we make a volume to ensure that our model is ready to do the pre-process:
In the next step we must to apply materials and also boundary conditions:

According to the purpose of our designing battery element with only thermal problem
analyzing we have simple of material properties that we are going to apply them to our
premodeling like as you see:

Apply solid material of steel

PCM material Heatcrete material-thermal

Heatcrete material Phase Change in PCM Material

Mesh generation:

Using the tetrahedral elements for the meshing with size of mesh: 0.3
Then we get the result of Temperature constraints:
ANALYSIS:
CASE 1: HEATCRETE
Now, Calculating the heatcrete energy and steel energy then combining them.

HEATECRETE:

density of specific
heatcrete= 2300 heat=

energy
N steps (Tel-Ref)* vol (J)
1 9,21,24,044.15 0.092124 248732.2
2 19,85,30,503.27 0.198531 536026.4
3 20,12,49,990.15 0.201250 543368.9
4 38,52,14,976.72 0.385215 1040069
5 40,12,52,187.23 0.401252 1083369
6 60,12,34,119.27 0.601234 1623314
7 73,01,53,546.60 0.730154 1971393
8 81,20,15,783.46 0.812016 2192418
9 87,18,87,994.86 0.871888 2354071
10 1,00,01,59,312.40 1.000159 2700400
11 1,15,49,16,142.54 1.154916 3118239
12 84,00,21,465.66 0.840021 2268033
13 81,66,31,032.27 0.816631 2204879
14 1,07,02,33,866.08 1.070234 2889599
15 1,01,48,55,323.77 1.014855 2740079
16 84,00,25,972.09 0.840026 2268045
17 81,14,58,451.26 0.811458 2190913
18 1,01,25,69,107.69 1.012569 2733906
19 1,10,11,14,288.88 1.101114 2972976
20 84,01,48,872.44 0.840149 2268377
STEEL:

density specific
of steel= 7850 heat= 450

energy
(TEL-REF)VOL (J) Total
24,45,422.65 0.002445 8638 257371
53,12,273.23 0.005312 18766 554792
81,10,160.86 0.008110 28649 572018
1,01,56,037.29 0.010156 35876 1075945
1,12,69,515.63 0.011270 39810 1123178
1,15,24,004.61 0.011524 40709 1664023
1,91,11,494.61 0.019111 67511 2038904
2,18,02,984.67 0.021803 77019 2269437
2,19,04,050.38 0.021904 77376 2431447
2,94,53,041.06 0.029453 104043 2804443
2,97,12,509.25 0.029713 104959 3223198
2,24,51,520.26 0.022452 79310 2347343
2,19,45,993.56 0.021946 77524 2282404
2,78,57,388.90 0.027857 98406 2988006
2,15,67,957.04 0.021568 76189 2816268
2,12,01,566.28 0.021202 74895 2342939
2,11,65,498.58 0.021165 74767 2265681
2,94,51,547.39 0.029452 104038 2837944
2,02,01,957.10 0.020202 71363 3044339
2,02,11,566.29 0.020212 71397 2339774
The resulting graph

Heatcrete energy vs steps

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
steps
CASE 2: PCM
Now calculating the energy stored in the PCM and steel applied

PCM:

specific
density of pcm = 2,260 heat= 1600.00
N TOTAL
STEPS ENERGY (J) ENERGY
1 6,49,21,529.80 0.064922 234756.3 241822.9
2 12,32,67,855.18 0.123268 445736.6 462920.1
3 21,73,27,935.63 0.217328 785857.8 811024.9
4 33,67,33,309.51 0.336733 1217628 1253699.7
5 40,86,22,085.62 0.408622 1477577 1520090.7
6 53,22,87,408.47 0.532287 1924751 1964371.5
7 64,98,92,813.04 0.649893 2350012 2407076.6
8 71,00,81,588.88 0.710082 2567655 2638941.7
9 79,01,81,792.57 0.790182 2857297 2928544.3
10 88,00,39,775.07 0.880040 3182224 3277723.5
11 1,03,11,89,739.45 1.031190 3728782 3802976.1
12 88,02,58,372.33 0.880258 3183014 3260852.8
13 84,31,10,194.95 0.843110 3048686 3123748.3
14 1,00,60,02,987.52 1.006003 3637707 3741743.9
15 1,00,21,03,067.19 1.002103 3623605 3723012.4
16 90,42,25,864.59 0.904226 3269681 3347839.0
17 80,02,73,034.47 0.800273 2893787 2965382.4
18 1,00,34,75,855.03 1.003476 3628569 3729770.7
19 1,00,02,91,700.04 1.000292 3617055 3713912.9
20 90,42,20,588.56 0.904221 3269662 3347892.2

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The resulting graph

PCM energy graph

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energy (j)

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0.0
0 5 10 15 20 25
steps
Comparing both cases of PCM and HEATCRTE

N steps temp(sec) PCM HEATCRETE

1 21600 241822.9 257371
2 43200 462920.1 554792
3 64800 811024.9 572018
4 86400 1253700 1075945
5 108000 1520091 1123178
6 129600 1964371 1664023
7 151200 2407077 2038904
8 172800 2638942 2269437
9 194400 2928544 2431447
10 216000 3277723 2804443
11 237600 3802976 3223198
12 259200 3260853 2347343
13 280800 3123748 2282404
14 302400 3741744 2988006
15 324000 3723012 2816268
16 345600 3347839 2342939
17 367200 2965382 2265681
18 388800 3729771 2837944
19 410400 3713913 3044339
20 432000 3347892 2339774

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
PCM 2E+05E+08E+01E+02E+02E+02E+03E+03E+03E+04E+03E+03E+04E+04E+03E+03E+04E+04E+03E+0
Heatecrete 25735547572010751123166420382269243128043223234722822988281623422265283730442339

PCM Heatecrete
Thermal storage energy in both materials:

N° TIEMPO PCM HEATCRETE

STEP (Seg)
(J) (MW.hr) (J) (MW.hr)
1 21600 1,93,45,833.83 0.0054 2,05,89,648.88 0.0057
2 43200 3,70,33,606.00 0.0103 4,43,83,360.65 0.0123
3 64800 6,48,81,988.62 0.0180 4,57,61,446.33 0.0127
4 86400 10,02,95,977.08 0.0279 8,60,75,606.59 0.0239
5 108000 12,16,07,258.10 0.0338 8,98,54,274.55 0.0250
6 129600 15,71,49,719.68 0.0437 13,31,21,810.50 0.0370
7 151200 19,25,66,124.61 0.0535 16,31,12,322.07 0.0453
8 172800 21,11,15,335.24 0.0586 18,15,54,983.86 0.0504
9 194400 23,42,83,540.47 0.0651 19,45,15,798.99 0.0540
10 216000 26,22,17,876.86 0.0728 22,43,55,440.50 0.0623
11 237600 30,42,38,089.52 0.0845 25,78,55,870.11 0.0716
12 259200 26,08,68,224.60 0.0725 18,77,87,420.16 0.0522
13 280800 24,98,99,860.86 0.0694 18,25,92,280.84 0.0507
14 302400 29,93,39,515.86 0.0832 23,90,40,444.62 0.0664
15 324000 29,78,40,994.75 0.0827 22,53,01,418.94 0.0626
16 345600 26,78,27,123.80 0.0744 18,74,35,156.54 0.0521
17 367200 23,72,30,589.06 0.0659 18,12,54,447.87 0.0504
18 388800 29,83,81,656.85 0.0829 22,70,35,504.39 0.0631
19 410400 29,71,13,034.82 0.0825 24,35,47,116.80 0.0677
20 432000 26,78,31,378.53 0.0744 18,71,81,928.72 0.0520

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0.0800
0.0700
0.0600
0.0500
0.0400
0.0300
0.0200
0.0100
0.0000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

PCM Heatcrete
Minimum energy of Battery in stable position

PCM =0.0744
corresponding energy = 1.5/0.0744 = 20.27 rounding to 21 BATTERIES

Heatcrete =0.0521
Corresponding energy = 1.5/0.0521 = 28.79 = rounding to 29 Batteries.

Thermal storage energy for 3 sets for step1(8,9,10,11,12) step2(13,14,15,16) step3(17,18,19,20)

Thermal energy storage of Heatcrete

1.7500

1.7000

1.6500

1.6000
Energy

1.5500

1.5000

1.4500

1.4000
1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5 step
CICLO 1 1.497762 1.262406 1.674512 1.711304 1.304367
CICLO 2 1.304367 1.268103 1.675094 1.711363 1.304373
CICLO 3 1.304373 1.268104 1.675094 1.711363 1.304373
Pcm heatcrete

0.388667 0.448897
0.266361 0.443260
0.332707 0.443259

Thermal energy storage of

PCM
2.0000
1.9000
ENERGY)

1.8000
1.7000
1.6000
1.5000
1.4000
1.3000
1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5 step
set1 1.290252 1.301679 1.456883 1.690347 1.449384
set2 1.449384 1.388444 1.663130 1.654805 1.488047
sest3 1.488047 1.318053 1.657808 1.650760 1.488071