The high-temperature solid heat storage device is made up of many heat storage units. Before investigating the whole heat storage device
the thermal characteristics of the unit should be revealed. In this paper
the heat transfer defect inside the heat storage device is revealed after analyzing its thermal characteristics. After 8 h of charging
the maximum temperature difference is about 60 K. The charging characteristic is influenced by the position of the heating element significantly. In 3 cases
the temperature distribution becomes worse as the heating element moves down. The heat storage unit has a minimum temperature difference of 20 K when the heating element is placed at the center of the unit. During charging
the radiation is the main heat transfer method
about 95% of heat is transferred by radiation. The air path volume proportion of the unit also influences the thermal characteristics. To get better temperature distribution
the proportion should be larger. But to get higher energy storage density
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