With the development of concentrated solar power generation technology and the need for heat recovery from industrial exhaust gases and high-temperature flue gases
high-temperature molten salt power generation technology plays an increasingly important role. In some cases
due to the process needs
it is necessary to mix the low-temperature molten salt with the high-temperature molten salt to reach the desired temperature. In this paper
Ansys Fluent software was used to study the flow
heat transfer and thermodynamic characteristics of the mixing process in the high temperature molten salt mixing tank
and the influence of different structures on the mixing performance was also analyzed. According to the results
it is obtained that the air inside the tank is heated by the molten salt during the salt charging process of the mixing tank
resulting in a certain amount of heat loss
which makes the actual mixing time longer than the theoretical calculation time. In the salt charging process
the baffle structure prevents part of the heat exchange between the molten salt and the air
which reduces the heat loss
and the baffle is more conducive to shorten the mixing time without opening holes. Besides
for elbow counter-current inlet type
the cold and hot molten salt fully contact when they were out from the inlet
which show better mixing result than the manifold inlet structure.
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STUDY ON OPTIMIZATION OF PREHEATING PROCESS OF MOLTEN SALT STORAGE TANK
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