Experimental investigation on simultaneous charging and discharging of an oil storage tank

Mawire, Ashmore; Taole, S. H.; Heetkamp, R.R.J. van den

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2012.08.011

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“…There are concerted efforts to regulate the mismatch between solar energy supply and demand with research focusing on improving the efficiency of energy conversion and utilization systems. (Mawire et al, 2013). Solar thermal storage can be through latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) where heat is absorbed and then released during a phase change period, or sensible heat thermal energy storage (SHTES) where heat absorption and removal occur by heating and cooling a material (Mawire 2015).…”

Section: Cookers With Thermal Storagementioning

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Advances in Solar Cooking in Developing Countries - A Review

Nyaanga¹,

N.²,

O.³

2021

JEAE

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Increased energy demand has forced societies to rely on traditional fuel sources with negative health and environmental impacts. In most developing countries, solar energy is available for long hours and in ranges that if exploited can reduce dependence on biomass and fossil fuels. However, despite its potential, uptake of solar cooking devices is low due to intermittent radiation, technological challenges, lack of awareness and slower cooking rates compared to other energy sources. There are four traditional types of solar cookers, box, panel, parabolic and tube. The latest technology is the PV conversion to electricity. Since the advent of solar cooking, numerous experiments, designs and improvements of solar cookers have been successfully developed. Research has focused on improving solar cooker performance such as; improved design, sun tracking mechanisms, solar thermal storage or "hybrid" designs that remove limitation of nighttime cooking or periods of poor irradiance. These improvements have increased the efficiency, reduce the cost of the solar cookers, and addressed sociocultural challenges such as sheltered cooking, visual appearance, and the ability to cook traditional recipes. However, more needs to be done to increase ease of adoption, the capacity of energy storage and flexibility. The cost of domestic workloads and environmental degradation should also be a factor in energy policy formulation.

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Section: Cookers With Thermal Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in Solar Cooking in Developing Countries - A Review

Nyaanga¹,

N.²,

O.³

2021

JEAE

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“…Sun et al [14] studied the temperature distribution in a 10 5 m 3 floating roof tank to discuss the effect of the variation of solar radiation. Mawire [15], [16] studied the heat losses in a small un-insulated oil storage tank by numerical simulation and experiment, the thermal gradient was evaluated in detail and the effects of ambient temperature and heat loss on the thermal gradient were studied. Then Mawire [17] studied delamination and heat loss of three hot oils in small tanks during 24-hour cooling.…”

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Numerical Study on the Static Cooling of Waxy Crude Oil in the Vault Tank

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“…The detailed experimental setup to validate the model has been presented previously in [13,15] and it will not be repeated in this paper. Modelling validation results are presented in Fig.…”

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“…Thermal oils have a greater tendency of stratifying more naturally than water since the change in their densities with temperature is more pronounced as compared to water. Papers reporting on thermal stratification in other fluids other than water are rather limited [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Parametric study on the thermal gradient of a small stratified domestic oil storage tank

Mawire

2016

2016 International Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy (DUE)

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A simplified one dimensional model for a small stratified domestic oil storage tank is used for a parametric study on the thermal gradient in the storage tank. The model is validated with experimental results and reasonably good agreement between experiment and simulation is obtained. The effects of measurable and physically adjustable parameters of the average charging flow-rate, the inlet charging temperature and the heat loss factor on the thermal gradient are investigated with the model.

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Experimental investigation on simultaneous charging and discharging of an oil storage tank

Cited by 22 publications

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Advances in Solar Cooking in Developing Countries - A Review

Advances in Solar Cooking in Developing Countries - A Review

Numerical Study on the Static Cooling of Waxy Crude Oil in the Vault Tank

Parametric study on the thermal gradient of a small stratified domestic oil storage tank

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