An experimental study of single media thermocline thermal-energy storage

Experiments were conducted on a 1200 gallon single media thermocline facility to determine the feasibility of the thermocline thermal energy storage concept on a large scale and to determine the relative importance of each of the five heat loss mechanisms present in such a system. a simple one-dimenstional model is proposed for the prediction of the temperature field during a cool down test in which a thermocline is present.