Abstract

The thermal behavior in a stratified heat storage tank was analyzed during the charging process. The present model is characterized by the application of a strict boundary condition in the tank outlet and well represents a real system. The mixing effect, which is known to disrupt the stratification, was also included in the analysis. The solution was obtained in two forms, exact (long-time) and approximate (short-time), since the former is difficult to apply to a general problem because of slow convergence and complicated calculation. The results were compared to that of Cabelli; our solution can be applied more generally, and includs completely that of Cabelli.

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