Thermal Energy Storage

The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitate energy savings, renewable energy use and reduce environmental impact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest. The second edition of this book offers up-to-date coverage of recent energy efficient and sustainable technological methods and solutions, covering analysis, design and performance improvement as well as life-cycle costing and assessment. As well as having significantly revised the book for use as a graduate text, the authors address real-life technical and operational problems, enabling the reader to gain an understanding of the fundamental principles and practical applications of thermal energy storage technology. Beginning with a general summary of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, this book goes on to discuss practical applications with chapters that include TES systems, environmental impact, energy savings, energy and exergy analyses, numerical modeling and simulation, case studies and new techniques and performance assessment methods.

The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitateenergy savings, renewable energy use and reduce environmentalimpact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest. The secondedition of this book offers up-to-date coverage of recent energyefficient and sustainable technological methods and solutionscovering analysis, design and performance improvement as well aslife-cycle costing and assessment. As well as having significantlyrevised the book for use as a graduate text, the authors addressreal-life technical and operational problems, enabling the readerto gain an understanding of the fundamental principles andpractical applications of thermal energy storage technology.Beginning with a general summary of thermodynamics, fluidmechanics and heat transfer, this book goes on to discuss practicalapplications with chapters that include TES systems, environmentalimpact, energy savings, energy and exergy analyses, numericalmodeling and simulation, case studies and new techniques andperformance assessment methods.

About the AuthorsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 General Introductory Aspects for Thermal Engineering2 Energy Storage Systems3 Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Systems4 Thermal Energy Storage and Environmental Impact5 Thermal Energy Storage and Energy Savings6 Energy and Exergy Analyses of Thermal Energy Storage Systems7 Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Energy Storage Systems8 Thermal Energy Storage Case StudiesAppendix A Conversion FactorsAppendix B Thermophysical PropertiesAppendix C GlossaryIndex