TEA and System Modeling

Techno-Economic Analysis Committee

The primary objective of the Techno-Economic Committee is to investigate the costs associated with converting desalination concentrate to a thermal energy storage medium.

System Modeling

The goal of the System Modeling Committee is to create a model incorporating the different elements within the thermal energy storage device based on the estimated costs and gains of each component.

Lab Committee

The Lab Committee’s goal is to research and conduct experiments in order to develop an appropriate thermal energy storage. Computation fluid dynamics (CFD) and physical experiments are employed to get an estimate of energy storage possible.

TESuROC 2.0

TESuROC 2.0 is an ongoing design of the current lab setup which is easier to manufacture than the TESuROC 1.0 design. This design focuses on larger scale thermal energy storage device variations using concrete as a containment material.

Visualization

The goal of the Visualization Committee is to perform simple melting tests on each desalination concentrate - eutectic salt sample to better understanding the phase change process and estimate the melting temperature range. The initial melting process for each sample is carefully documented with a magnified 4k video recording synced with multiple thermocouple sensors.

Property Evaluation

The objective of the Property Evaluation Committee is to use experimental and theoretical methods to estimate temperature - dependent thermophysical properties for each desalination concentrate - eutectic salt obtained from various desalination sources.

Administration/Documentation/Media:

The Administration, Documentation, and Media Committee’s sole purpose is to spread awareness about TESuROC. In addition to organizing files and folders used amongst all committees, this committee oversees all social media accounts by posting up to date and engaging information about our project. This committee also updates and manages the official TESuROC website.