A review on technical, applications and economic aspect of packed bed solar thermal energy storage system

A Gautam, RP Saini - Journal of Energy Storage, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of renewable energy technologies provides a significant solution to deal
with the energy crisis, along with resolving the environment related issues. Solar energy is …

Review on the structure of random packed‐beds

J von Seckendorff, O Hinrichsen - The Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Independent from their intended purpose, the understanding of structural characteristics of
random packings of particles having defined shapes is important to understand and optimize …

An Overview of Low-Temperature Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Market Conditions, Raw Materials, Reactors, Scale-Up, Process Intensification, Mechanisms, and …

JE Apolinar-Hernández, SL Bertoli, HG Riella… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Fischer–Tropsch technology has allowed, since its emergence a century ago, the
production of stable liquid fuels from different raw materials in different geographic scenarios …

Review of the continuous catalytic ortho-para hydrogen conversion technology for hydrogen liquefaction

P Xu, J Wen, K Li, S Wang, Y Li - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to meet rapidly growing demand of liquid hydrogen in the future hydrogen industry
and energy structure, the continuous catalytic ortho-para hydrogen conversion technology …

Local structure effects on hydrodynamics in slender fixed bed reactors: Spheres and rings

S Flaischlen, T Turek, GD Wehinger - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Fixed bed reactors play a crucial role in the chemical industry, and their performance is
influenced by the unique structural effects observed in the small tube-to-particle diameter …

Mean porosity variations in packed bed of monosized spheres with small tube-to-particle diameter ratios

Z Guo, Z Sun, N Zhang, X Cao, M Ding - Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The transport phenomena in packed beds are sensitive to porosity variations. However,
empirical correlations in the literature are not in agreement regarding the prediction of the …

CFD analysis of fluid flow and particle-to-fluid heat transfer in packed bed with radial layered configuration

Z Guo, Z Sun, N Zhang, M Ding, S Shi - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The channeling effect at the container wall results in difficulties for heat transfer in the central
part of packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratios. To overcome this …

Influence of confining wall on pressure drop and particle-to-fluid heat transfer in packed beds with small D/d ratios under high Reynolds number

Z Guo, Z Sun, N Zhang, M Ding - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of the confining wall exerts critical influences on packing structure, as well as
transport properties of packed beds with small D/d ratios. In the present work, the variations …

Technical challenges and their solutions for integration of sensible thermal energy storage with concentrated solar power applications—a review

R Kunwer, S Pandey, G Pandey - Process Integration and Optimization for …, 2022 - Springer
Concentrated solar power (CSP) uses solar insolation to increase the temperature of heat
transfer fluid (HTF), which can be used in a power block to produce power either by using a …

Local structure effects on pressure drop in slender fixed beds of spheres

S Flaischlen, M Kutscherauer… - Chemie Ingenieur …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For slender fixed beds, the void fraction and flow properties are complex topics. Different
factors can influence the local bed structure. For statistical analysis, 2800 fixed beds have …