Projects
TÜBİTAK 1812 – Latent Thermal Energy Storage Unit
With the global climate crisis, it has become inevitable to use renewable and clean energy sources, utilize all forms of waste energy, and maximize energy efficiency to reduce the carbon footprint. In that manner, serious regulations and energy efficiency targets are being implemented both through international agreements such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal, as well as through the domestic laws and regulations of the countries themselves. Our business idea is to design a latent thermal energy storage system that will enable our customers to increase their energy efficiency, reduce their carbon footprint and lower their energy expenditures by utilizing waste energy from all kinds of energy sources that they cannot currently use, or by spreading the use of energy consumption over a wider time interval than peak hours.
The main reason for choosing latent thermal energy storage is that it has much higher energy density and remains at constant temperature during charging/discharging compared to sensible thermal energy methods. Also, it has lower cost and environmental risk compared to chemical thermal energy storage. The system aims to store the unutilized energy in the form of latent thermal energy during the hours when thermal energy demand is low so that it can be used during periods of high demand. In this way, both the utilization of the available energy resource will be maximized and the efficiency of the customer's energy system will be increased.
The problem of long charging/discharging times due to the low thermal conductivity of phase change materials, which is the biggest disadvantage of latent thermal storage systems operating at low and medium temperatures, will be reduced with the original fin design to increase thermal performance and the customer will be able to use the desired amount of energy at any time intervals.
