The influences of different water tank shapes on thermal energy storage capacity and
thermal stratification in the static mode of operation is investigated in this study under …

Domestic hot water applications rely on the stand-alone operation of thermal energy storage
(TES), in which natural convection significantly affects the efficiency of a storage system. The …

Numerical and experimental analyses of velocity and temperature fields inside a tank
submitted to internal natural and mixed convection are presented in this paper. The …

This paper presents numerical investigations of thermal stratification in a vertical cylindrical
hot water tank established by standby heat loss from the tank. The transient fluid flow and …

In this study numerical results for conjugate natural convection flow and heat transfer in a
differentially-heated square cavity divided by a partition with finite thickness and thermal …

The transient state of natural convection in a vertical cylindrical enclosure is studied
numerically for water at high Rayleigh numbers, extending into values characteristic of the …

Heat transfer to the wall of a small pressure vessel during filling with some different kinds of
gas was investigated experimentally. The vessel was orientated vertically with the inlet at the …

A numerical and an experimental analysis of velocity and temperature fields inside a storage
tank submitted to natural convection is presented. The analysis was performed in two …

Scalings are obtained for the development of unsteady natural convection, both in
rectangular and vertical circular containers, and are validated by comparison with results …

The liquid in an energy storage tank will become thermally stratified during cooling of the
tank when the tank is not charging or discharging. This process is studied here …