TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal enhancement of charge and discharge cycles for adsorbed natural gas storage
AU - Rahman, Kazi Afzalur
AU - Loh, Wai Soong
AU - Chakraborty, Anutosh
AU - Saha, Bidyut Baran
AU - Chun, Won Gee
AU - Ng, Kim Choon
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors’ gratefully acknowledge the financial support given by grants ( R33-2009-000-101660 ) from World Class University (WCU) Project of the National Research Foundation, Korea, ( R265-000-268-305 ) from A*STAR/MPA , Singapore and ( R265-000-286-597 ) from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The usage of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) storage is hindered by the thermal management during the adsorption and desorption processes. An effective thermal enhancement is thus essential for the development of the ANG technology and the motivation for this study is the investigation of a gas storage system with internal thermal control. We employed a fin-tube type heat exchanger that is placed in a pressurized cylinder. A distributed-parameter model is used for the theoretical modeling and simulations are conducted at assorted charging and discharging conditions. These studies included the transient thermal behaviours of the elements within the ANG-charged cylinder and parameters such as pressure and temperature profiles of adsorbent have been obtained during charge and discharge cycles, and results are compared with a conventional compressed methane vessel.
AB - The usage of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) storage is hindered by the thermal management during the adsorption and desorption processes. An effective thermal enhancement is thus essential for the development of the ANG technology and the motivation for this study is the investigation of a gas storage system with internal thermal control. We employed a fin-tube type heat exchanger that is placed in a pressurized cylinder. A distributed-parameter model is used for the theoretical modeling and simulations are conducted at assorted charging and discharging conditions. These studies included the transient thermal behaviours of the elements within the ANG-charged cylinder and parameters such as pressure and temperature profiles of adsorbent have been obtained during charge and discharge cycles, and results are compared with a conventional compressed methane vessel.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.02.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79954435636
VL - 31
SP - 1630
EP - 1639
JO - Journal of Heat Recovery Systems
JF - Journal of Heat Recovery Systems
SN - 1359-4311
IS - 10
ER -