Internal combustion engine energy storage

Can a diesel engine be stored in a thermal storage tank?

Prabu and Asokan presented a diesel engine incorporated with a shell-and-tube heat exchanger and a thermal storage tank containing paraffin wax as PCM. It was found that approximately 7% of fuel energy was recovered by the storage system.

How does a heat recovery system work in a diesel engine?

Pandiyarajan et al. designed and fabricated heat recovery system of a diesel engine using a finned shell-and-tube heat exchanger with a TES storage tank including PCM (paraffin wax). Oil was utilized as the HTF in the tube side to remove heat from exhaust gas and deliver it to the storage tank.

What are the applications of thermal energy storage?

L. Katter and D. Peterson, "Applications of thermal energy storage to process heat and waste heat recovery in the iron and steel industry," 1978. H. Abdul-Razzak and R. Porter, "Thermoeconomic optimization of sensible heat thermal storage for cogenerated waste-to-energy recovery," 1995.

What is the difference between electrified and internal combustion engine vehicles?

Unlike electrified vehicles, internal combustion engine vehicles are not equipped with generator, electric motor and batteries of adequate power and capacity to allow the conversion of the vehicle kinetic energy into electric energy, as well as its storage and re-utilization for vehicle propulsion.

Should thermal energy storage systems be integrated with ICES?

These drawbacks could be overcome by integrating thermal energy storage (TES) systems with ICEs. TES relies on sensible heat, latent heat and thermochemical storage. Latent heat storage method with phase change materials (PCMs) is the most utilized in ICEs because of its good controllability and high storage capacity.

What are the energy losses of internal combustion engine?

Energy losses of internal combustion engine . In ICEs, during the early periods of warm-up when the engine is cold, most of the heat released from fuel combustion is transferred to the cylinder. Moreover, HC and CO emissions are primarily released when engine temperature remains low during warming-up stage .