The use of phase change material in the design of heat recovery and energy storage system applied to diesel generators

Author

Salameh, Wassim ; Elabed, Ibrahim ; Kaddoura, Zaher ; Assi, Ali ; El-Rab, Mostafa Gad ; Hammoud, Mohamad

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Lebanese Int. Univ. (LIU), Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2014

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The energy crisis taking place in Lebanon had opened the door wide to the use of private diesel generators to compensate for the electricity shortage in this country. This work suggests a way to use the heat produced by diesel generators during operation and convert it to useful thermal energy. Phase change material is used in the proposed system as energy storage medium, which allows the use of the stored energy at the desired time. This work goes in line with efforts put in Lebanon to alleviate its energy problems.

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; heat recovery; phase change materials; thermal energy storage; Lebanon; diesel generator; electricity shortage; heat recovery; phase change material; thermal energy storage system; Energy storage; Heat transfer; Phase change materials; Thermal energy; Water heating; Heat recovery; Lebanon; Paraffin; Phase Change Material; Thermal energy storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energies for Developing Countries (REDEC), 2014 International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REDEC.2014.7038528

Filename

7038528