... 20, 2012; final manuscript received September 8, 2013; published online November 26, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Werner Platzer. 20 07 2012 08 09 2013 A shroud and baffle configuration is used to passively increase heat transfer in a thermal store. The shroud and baffle are used...

... is accomplished using a heat exchanger immersed in the storage fluid. The heat exchanger is a two-dimensional isothermal cylinder in an adiabatic enclosure with no initial stratification. An adiabatic shroud and baffle whose geometry is parametrically varied is placed around and below the cylinder. Transient...