2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Development of high temperature sensible/thermochemical heat storage system for high efficiency solar thermal power generation
| Project/Area Number |
21K04962
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
Bellan Selvan 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 准教授 (50785293)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Solar energy / Thermochemical storage / Particle reactor / Thermal energy storage |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
A transparent mock-up experimental setup has been built to obtain the visualization of particles flow and mixing behavior. The particle velocity and circulating behavior have been obtained by the PIV-DIA method (Particle Image Velocimetry- Digital Image Analysis) and compared with the numerical results to validate the model.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
In order to buy some essential components from overseas, some delays happened due to COVID pandemic. However, the project is going well with slightly delayed manner.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Using the validated model, an optimized receiver-reactor will be designed and constructed by Inconel. Sensible/thermochemical heat storage experiments of the receiver will be conducted by solar simulator using promising particles. The reaction rate and efficiency of the receiver will be comprehensively analyzed both experimentally and numerically.
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Research Products
(5 results)
