Experimental study on the new type of electrical storage heater based on flat micro-heat pipe arrays

作     者：wang zeyu diao yanhua zhao yaohua liang lin wang tengyue 

作者机构：beijing key laboratory of green built environment and efficient technology beijing university of technologyBeijing 100124China beijing advanced innovation center for future internet technologyBeijing 100124China 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第61卷第2期

页      面：219-231页

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学科分类：080702[工学-热能工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

主　　题：flat micro-heat pipe latent heat storage electrical storage heater peak load shifting wind power utilization 

摘      要：A new type of electrical storage heater that utilizes latent heat storage and flat micro-heat pipe arrays （FMHPAs） was developed. The thermal characteristics of the heater were tested through experimentation. The structure and operating principle of the storage heater were expounded. Three rows of FMHPAs were applied （three rows with five assemblies each） with a mass of 28 kg of phase change material （PCM） in the heat storage tank. Electric power was supplied to the PCM in the range of 0.2-2.04 kW, and air was used as heat transfer fluid, with the volume flow rate ranging from 40-120 m3/h. The inlet temperature was in the range of 15-24~C. The effects of heating power, air volume flow rate, and inlet temperature were investigated. The electrical storage heater exhibited efficiencies of 97% and 87% with 1.98 and 1.30 kW of power during charging and discharging, respectively. Application of the proposed storage heater can transfer electricity from peak periods to off-peak periods, and the excess energy generated by wind farms can be stored as heat and released when needed. Good economic and environmental benefits can be obtained.