Hello Heidi,
I have contacted the researchers in question in the past and they
shared their model with me gladly. I don't see any reasons they
wouldn't do the same thing for you. The people I contacted were:
*Jacques Bony from the Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du
Canton de Vaud, in France. His model is referenced as TRNSYS Type
860 which is said to be able to simulate cylindrical, spherical
and rectangular PCM capsules inside a water storage tank (whether
vertical or horizontal). This model was compared to experimental
results using a vertical tank and cylindrical capsules.
*Hermann Schranzhofer from Graz University of Technology in
Germany who modeled TRNSYS Type 840. This model is for PCM slurry
tanks or tanks filled with cylindrical, spherical and rectangular
PCM capsules. He performed experimental validation of the model
for use as a slurry tank as well as for a vertical tank with
spherical and cylindrical capsules.
In both cases, no tests where made for horizontal tanks or
rectangular PCM capsules. I am currently working on a test bench
to evaluate the performance of a horizontal storage tank filled
with rectangular PCM capsules. I hope to compare my experimental
results to numerical results from these two models as well as from
my own PCM tank model.
Good luck!
Katherine D'Avignon
Candidate au doctorat
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Courriel: katherine.davignon@polymtl.ca
Téléphone: (514) 340-4711 #5896
On 2014-03-24 12:22, David BRADLEY wrote:
Heidi,
Type804 is not one of the TESS Library components. I would
recommend that you try and contact some of the members of the IEA
Subtask to see if they can lead you to the Type's author.
Kind regards,
David
On 3/20/2014 09:51, Heidi El Zanaty
wrote:
Dear All,
According to the IEA Report C5 of Subtask C "Advanced
storage concepts for solar and low energy buildings", they
have developed a model that enables a detailed simulation of
water tanks with integrated PCM modules of different
geometries (cylinders, spheres and plates) or tanks filled
with PCM slurry. They called it Type 840. I can't find it
within the TESS libraries.
Any idea how can I get it?
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Heidi El Zanaty
Graduate Student at the American University in Cairo
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