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Multiphysics modeling and simulation drives innovation across industries and academia — as is evidenced by the many uses showcased in the technical papers and posters presented by engineers, researchers, and scientists at the COMSOL Conference each year.
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The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies requires finding new sources of energy. It turns out that the hydrothermal potential of the lakes would cover a significant part of these renewable energy needs. The existing Thermal Lacustrine Networks (TLNs) are efficient in summer ... Read More
In view of an energy system based on fluctuating renewable sources, the use of thermal energy storage (TES) systems plays a crucial role. In particular, large-scale underground water-based TES represent a promising solution as demonstrated by a number of cases currently being established ... Read More
1 Problem Description Most studies for investigating heat and mass transfer phenomena in sorption storage systems use 1D or 2D numerical models. These are inadequate for analyzing processes in more complex geometries used in current prototypes. We present here a 3D model for the ... Read More
Sustainable energy storage is essential for a successful energy transition towards renewable energies. Advanced future power grids will consist almost exclusively of instable and variable sources like solar and wind power. However, fluctuations are very problematic for the power grids, ... Read More
The reversible storage of hydrogen in metal hydrides represents an attractive technology for hydrogen-based energy systems. In addition to their application as pure hydrogen storage media, metal hydrides can also be used to develop thermochemical hydrogen compressors, which can be ... Read More
Preheating condition of salt storage vessel was analysed in COMSOL Multiphysics® to obtain the temperature distribution and time of heating and cooling cycle. Salt storage vessel is a stainless steel cylindrical vessel with surface heaters. The vessel is mounted vertically and insulated ... Read More
Sodium/metal chloride storage batteries, used in hybrid propulsion applications, provide high energy and power densities safely and reliably. To understand the dynamics of electrochemical cycling, a high-temperature sodium/ferrous chloride storage cell was modeled in two dimensions. The ... Read More
A thorough study on the adsorption behaviour of carbon dioxide (CO2) on silica aerogel is critical for CO2 sequestration and recovery. Although CO2 sorption focuses mainly on the lab scale setup, research on the larger bulk counterparts, which is used at industry central facility is ... Read More
This paper assesses the capability and sensitivity of COMSOL Multiphysics® to evaluate phase-changing material suitability for Thermal Energy Storage. The simulated system is a packed bed of encapsulated spheres, containing phase changing materials (PCM), placed inside a single ... Read More
Metal hydrides are a widely-used method for storing and releasing hydrogen chemically under moderate conditions. This paper will present how highly dynamic metal hydride storage has been simulated and optimized using COMSOL Multiphysics. It will be shown how mass, energy and momentum ... Read More