Simulation of a thermocline thermal energy storage operation at high temperatures. A thermocline storage is a storage in which hot and cold temperatures coexist, leading to a vertical temperature gradient. This simulation targets a specific type of thermicline storage that is filled with a solid storage medium.
The governing equations are embedded in a two phase model: [ \TODO \TOO ]
A fnite volume method using a non-staggered grid with uniform grid spacing is applied two solve the coupled PDE's.