对于带有径向扩散器的储罐，需要在储罐设计参数和预期热性能之间建立定量关系。现有的研究文献和基于它的设计指南没有提供这种联系。性能预期是以“好”或“差”等相对术语表述的，因此无法评估与设计或多或少保守相关的价值或风险。本研究项目的目的是通过将析因实验设计方法应用于计算流体动力学模拟的结果，将全尺寸分层冷冻水储罐的热性能与储罐、扩散器和流量参数关联起来。 该项目的范围仅限于圆柱形储罐中较低的径向平行板扩散器。首席研究员:W.P.Bahnfleth，宾夕法尼亚州立大学主持:1998年4月至1999年2月赞助:TC 6.9，热存储

There is a need to establish quantitative relationships between storage tank design parameters and expected thermal performance for tanks with radial diffusers. The existing research literature and design guidance based upon it does not provide such a linkage. Performance expectations are stated in such relative terms as "good" or "poor", making it impossible to assess the value or risk associated with making a design more or less conservative. The objective of this research project is to correlate the thermal performance of full-scale stratified chilled-water storage tanks with tank, diffuser and flow parameters by applying factorial experimental design methods to the results of computational fluid dynamic simulations. The scope of the project is limited to lower radial parallel plate diffusers in cylindrical tanks.PRINCAL INVESTIGATOR: W.P. Bahnfleth, Pennsylvania State UniversityCONDUCTED:April 1998 - February 1999SPONSORED BY:TC 6.9, Thermal Storage