About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Advanced Materials for Harsh Environments
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| Presentation Title |
Development of High Operating Temperature Latent Thermal Energy Storage System: Material Challenges |
| Author(s) |
Sandeep Hatte, Calin Tarau, Kuan-Lin Lee, Srujan Rokkam |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Sandeep Hatte |
| Abstract Scope |
Industrial manufacturing processes reject more than 50% of total heat to the environment and significantly contribute to carbon emissions. To tackle this problem, high operating temperature latent thermal energy storage systems that operate in temperatures range of 500 °C to 800 °C are desired. In this work, Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. introduces the development of a novel design of high operating temperature latent thermal energy storage system that uses aluminum as a phase change material. One of the main challenges of such a system is corrosive behavior molten aluminum. This talk focuses on material aspects of aluminum as a phase change material. The talk will discuss the mitigation of corrosion-related challenges exhibited by molten aluminum, heat transfer into and out of the aluminum PCM using alkali metal heat pipes. The research effort discussed here was funded by DOE Phase I and Phase II SBIR programs under award DE-SC0022925. |