Phase front detector
FronTector aims at exploring the techno-economic feasibility of an innovative measurement method to determine the state of charge of industrial solid/liquid latent heat thermal energy storages. Established local measurement methods are costly and provide only a limited resolution of the phase change progress in the storage tank. The fronTector measurement technology is based on the accurate localization of the phase front position and therefore derives more accurate information on the phase fraction and the state of charge. The fronTector measurement methodology is novel and has a high potential to establish itself as a basic technology for the prognosis-based operation management of latent heat storage systems.
Funding tool
Energieforschungsprogramm, 6. Ausschreibung, 2020
Publications
Barz, T., Krämer, J., & Emhofer, J. (2020). Identification of Phase Fraction–Temperature Curves from Heat Capacity Data for Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Commercial Paraffin Waxes. Energies, 13(19), 5149.
Zsembinszki, G., Orozco, C., Gasia, J., Barz, T., Emhofer, J., & Cabeza, L. F. (2020). Evaluation of the state of charge of a solid/liquid phase change material in a thermal energy storage tank. Energies, 13(6), 1425.
Barz, T., Seliger, D., Marx, K., Sommer, A., Walter, S. F., Bock, H. G., & Körkel, S. (2018). State and state of charge estimation for a latent heat storage. Control Engineering Practice, 72, 151-166.
