Abstract
The objective of the present study is to investigate the advanced thermal energy storage/transport system with ice water slurry. Thermal energy storage systems for air conditioning has been developed actively for the purpose of saving energy and reducing the peak electrical demand in the daytime during summer. In particular, a great deal of attention has been paid to the thermal energy storage system with ice water slurry since it would be beneficial to be able to utilize the large latent heat of melting ice. It is required to clarify fundamental making/transport/melting mechanism of ice water slurry for the systems, so this paper deals with a dynamic ice making characteristics using flowing supercooled water solutions, pressure drop of flowing ice water slurry in a pipe, and melting heat transfer of ice water slurry in a heat exchanger.
