Seminar 21 -- Optimizing Design and Controls for Thermal Energy Storage at the Building and Community Scale

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The total cost of ownership of a thermal energy storage system depends on many factors, including its capital cost, annual utilization, and charging efficiency. This session will showcase recent advances in optimizing the design of thermal storage heat exchangers and their controls to minimize the cost of ownership. It includes the design of thermal storage heat exchangers, their optimization, and how to leverage additive manufacturing to achieve these designs. It also shows how optimal control plays a key part in cost-effective integration of thermal energy storage at the community scale.1. Levelized Cost and Advanced Manufacturing of Thermal Energy Storage for Decarbonized BuildingsWale Odukomaiya, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO2. Optimizing Phase Change Composite Thermal Energy Storage Using the Thermal Ragone FrameworkNelson James, NREL, Lakewood, CO3. Optimizing Design and Operation of Mixed Cool Thermal Storage Systems at the Community ScaleKarl Heine, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dewey, AZ