公开(公告)号：US20120118554A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-17

申请号：US12945350

申请日：2010-11-12

申请人： Anoop K. Mathur ,  Rajan B. Kasetty

发明人： Anoop K. Mathur ,  Rajan B. Kasetty

IPC分类号： F28F27/00

CPC分类号： F28D20/0039 ,  F24S60/30 ,  F28D20/02 ,  Y02E60/142 ,  Y02E60/145

摘要： Methods for optimizing a thermocline in a thermal energy storage fluid within a thermal energy storage tank are disclosed. The methods comprise identifying a thermocline region in the fluid, adding thermal energy to a fluid stream extracted from the thermocline region, and returning the fluid stream to the tank at a plurality of locations above the thermocline region. The methods further comprise regulating the temperature of the fluid returned to the tank at a set point temperature by modulating the flow rate of the fluid stream and by changing the location from where the fluid is extracted from the tank.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于优化热能储存罐内的热能储存流体中的温跃层的方法。 所述方法包括识别流体中的温跃层区域，将热能添加到从温跃层区域提取的流体流中，以及在温跃层区域上方的多个位置处将流体流返回到罐中。 所述方法还包括通过调节流体流的流速和通过改变从罐中提取流体的位置来调节在设定点温度下返回到罐的流体的温度。