Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage System
Application ID: 101751
1D model of a thermal energy storage (TES) system consisting of a packed bed of pellets. Three approaches for heat transfer in porous media are compared:
- A one-equation local thermal equilibrium (LTE) model
- A two-equations local thermal nonequilibrium (LTNE) model
- A multiscale hybrid two-equations LTNE model
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however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- either the Heat Transfer Module, or Porous Media Flow Module
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