Data Acquisition and Control of a Thermal Energy Storage and Cooking System

Author

Mawire, A. ; van den Heetkamp, R.R.J. ; McPherson, M. ; Zhandire, E.

Author_Institution

KwaZulu-Natal Univ., Durban

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

361

Lastpage

364

Abstract

A thermal energy storage (TES) system has been developed using a packed pebble bed. An electrical hot plate heats up oil circulating in a copper absorber which charges the storage system. A Visual Basic program has been developed to acquire data for monitoring the storage system and to maintain a nearly constant outlet temperature from the charging point. The input power to the electrical hot plate has also been controlled to simulate an incident daily solar radiation on a clear day using another Visual Basic program. Results obtained can be used to characterise the system

Keywords

Visual BASIC; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; power control; thermal energy storage; thermal variables control; Visual Basic program; cooking system control; data acquisition; input power control; packed pebble bed; thermal energy storage control; Control systems; Copper; Data acquisition; Energy storage; Monitoring; Petroleum; Resistance heating; Solar radiation; Temperature; Visual BASIC; Computer program; Visual Basic; data acquisition and control; thermal energy storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer as a Tool, 2005. EUROCON 2005.The International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0049-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2005.1629936

Filename

1629936