Vulnerability of Thermal Energy Storage Lining Material to Erosion Induced by Particulate Flow in Concentrated Solar Power Tower Systems

Zeyad Al-Suhaibani; Nader S. Saleh; Shaker Alaqel; Rageh Saeed; Eldwin Djajadiwinata; Syed Noman Danish; Hany Al-Ansary; Abdelrahman El-Leathy; Sheldon Jeter

doi:10.3390/ma17071480

Materials (Mar 2024)

Vulnerability of Thermal Energy Storage Lining Material to Erosion Induced by Particulate Flow in Concentrated Solar Power Tower Systems

Zeyad Al-Suhaibani,
Nader S. Saleh,
Shaker Alaqel,
Rageh Saeed,
Eldwin Djajadiwinata,
Syed Noman Danish,
Hany Al-Ansary,
Abdelrahman El-Leathy,
Sheldon Jeter

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Zeyad Al-Suhaibani: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Nader S. Saleh: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Shaker Alaqel: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Rageh Saeed: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Eldwin Djajadiwinata: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Syed Noman Danish: K.A.CARE Energy Research and Innovation Center at Riyadh, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Hany Al-Ansary: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Abdelrahman El-Leathy: Mechanical Engineering Department, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Sheldon Jeter: Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071480
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 7
p. 1480

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Researchers from all around the world have been paying close attention to particle-based power tower technologies. On the King Saud University campus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first integrated gas turbine–solar particle heating hybrid system has been realized. In this study, two different types of experiments were carried out to examine how susceptible prospective liner materials for thermal energy storage tanks were to erosion. An accelerated direct-impact test with high particulate temperature was the first experiment. A low-velocity mass-flow test was the second experiment, and it closely mimicked the flow circumstances in a real thermal energy storage tank. The tests were conducted on bare insulating fire bricks (IFBs) and IFBs coated with Tuffcrete 47, Matrigun 25 ACX, and Tuffcrete 60 M. The latter three lining materials were high-temperature-resilient materials made by Allied Mineral Products Inc. (AMP) (Columbus, OH, USA). The results showed that although IFBs coated with AMP materials worked well in this test, the accelerated direct-impact test significantly reduced the bulk of the bare IFB. As a result, lining substances must be added to the surface of IFBs to increase their strength and protection because they cannot be used in situations where particles directly impact their surface. On the other hand, the findings of the 60 h cold-particle mass-flow test revealed that the IFBs were not significantly eroded. Additionally, it was discovered that the degree of erosion on the samples of bare IFB was unaffected by the height of the particle bed.

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ISSN: 1996-1944 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Natural history (General): Microscopy; Science: Physics: Descriptive and experimental mechanics
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