Yuping Wang
Academic Specialist
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Experimenting with Thermal Energy Storage
Thermal energy storage (TES) is found in various applications, as a large-scale system or as a simple “battery” device. It is essential in renewable energy production systems such as a solar thermal power plant or a wind farm, providing flexible energy supply and improving the overall system efficiency. When used in a building heating system or heat recovery units, TES also leads to better economics. In this project, students in ME412 are expected to understand the thermal energy storage process and technology through two parts of work. For the major part, each team will design, build, analyze, and test a simple thermal battery. The objective is to provide sufficient heating to an airflow or a space after the battery is “charged” (heated) and stored for a certain time. For the secondary part, each team will chose a specific type of thermal energy storage system and conduct a review on its application, technology, operation, and performance analysis. A testing station with instrumentations for flow and temperature measurements is available for teams to test their device. On the presentation day, each team will prepare a power-point slide show or a video clip to explain the design decisions, fabrication, thermal analysis, and testing results of their devices.
Competition Schedule
Team 1
Emma Clawson
Tanner Nurnberger
Mitchell Ruczynski
Chris Sadler
Coleson White
Team 2
Connor Bragg
Tyler Lim
Daniel Mondrusov
Henrique Pio
Robert Walston
Team 3
Britney Bush
Sean Colling
Natalie Kinsley
Matt Stucky
Garrett Watson
Team 4
Devyansh Agrawal
Ian Beshears
Jessica Gothro
Matt Simental
Jeremiah Waterman
Team 5
Ryan Lokar
Smitkumar Patel
Martin Stokes
Cooper Strebeck
Connor West
Team 6
Douglas Heine
Chloe Ho
Tommy Pang
Youngbin Song
Emma Todd
Team 7
Sarh Al Bawardi
Hernan Brarda
Stacy Fakhoury
Blake Mallamo
Quentin Wade
Team 8
Garrett Colasinski
Christopher Douglas
Kace Krauss
Nick Occhiuto
Austin Pollock
Team 9
Ben Gaynier
Hanna Gehrke
Kendall Lusk
Zachary VanderStel
Max Wiedemann
Team 10
Brendan MacDonald
Claire McMillen
Liam Ranik
Harrison Schaub
Zach Stroud
Team 11
Nick Demeester
Samir Hussain
Rhett Pimentel
Jax Prusakiewicz
Stephen Stormzand
Team 12
Abigail Bowman
Allison Fox
Livia Noble
Eric Parsons
Eli Rodriguez
Team 13
Ninh Dang
Garrett Gould
Nicole Kowalski
Mckyle Stanfield
Justine Stewart
Team 14
Nathan Ansbro
Michael Bachleda
Eli Pickard
Jack Rutkowski
Jacob Wescott
Team 15
Valerie Aten
Jacob Grimmer
Jacob Hoffman
Kirk Maibach
Kengo Takenouchi
Team 16
Ian Burress
Will Erskine
Andrew Flight
Zack Friess
Julia O’Mara
Team 17
Drew Boudreau
Ethan Neitzke
Alex Toth
Jack Voigt
Griffin Yakey
Team 18
Renad Alhassani
Taku Benson
Jacob Campion
Spencer Labuda
James McDonald
Team 19
Adam Bresson
Noah Crusoe
Jacob Pawloske
Sam Pellinen
Team 20
Nathan Clinger
John Dela Cruz
Cody Hayse
Jack Lambrix
Madeline Stump
Team 21
Ty Ebling
John Gregor
Anthony Kasiyan
Robert Pedder
Abhyuday Rastogi
Team 22
Jack Hennessey
Caleb Holtschlag
Oliver Larroquette
Hailey Minton
Garrett Ruhala
Team 23
Zach Harrison
Justin Kinville
Landon Luyckx
Bradley Matte
Michael Trajkovski
Team 24
Paige Brechtelsbauer
Bobby DiPanni
Ailohi Izirein
Mark McCloskey
Kearri Myrick
Team 25
Elco Blanco
Braden Heiler
Tucker Hendrie Alyssa Lafeir
Sarvesh Subramanian
Team 26
Cam Depauli
Joe Fantin
Kanglin Ma
Logan Malak
Xichen Zhu
Team 27
Kobie Davis
Hunter Hansen
Tom Ott Jr.
Michael Vangel
Kainnon Vilminot
Team 28
Bryce Hitchcock
Luke Janecke
Ash Mckesson
Alex Oreilly
Val Vargas
Team 29
Anna Citko
Drake Deming
Alex Kriese
Vanessa Pariso
Sophia Swiecki
Team 30
Emma Carduner
Mason Chorpenning
Karli Deutscher
Raj Lamport
Ryan Zerona
Team 31
Veronica Giordano
Parang Khanal
Katlyn Knudsen
Julie Pham
Drew Tyrrell
Team 32
Michael Batina
Ryan Koschay
Sean Martella
Akhilesh Swaminathan