Numerical Investigations on Charging/Discharging Performance of a Novel Truncated Cone Thermal Energy Storage Tank on a Concentrated Solar Power System

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Total mesh</td><td class="align_center">Total melting time (s)</td><td class="align_center">Time step (s)</td><td class="align_center">Total melting time (s)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">12,400</td><td class="align_center">6926</td><td class="align_center">0.05</td><td class="align_center">6939</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">24,080</td><td class="align_center">6936</td><td class="align_center">0.1</td><td class="align_center">6941</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">46,224</td><td class="align_center">6942</td><td class="align_center">0.5</td><td class="align_center">6942</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">92,017</td><td class="align_center">6953</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">6953</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">179,177</td><td class="align_center">6961</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">6979</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The results of mesh independent and time step independent test.</div>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 2: Numerical Investigations on Charging/Discharging Performance of a Novel Truncated Cone Thermal Energy Storage Tank on a Concentrated Solar Power System 

Table 2 | Numerical Investigations on Charging/Discharging Performance of a Novel Truncated Cone Thermal Energy Storage Tank on a Concentrated Solar Power System 