Paper Title
Experimental Analysis of a Cylindrical Latent Heat Thermal Storage System With Sodium Thiosulfate Pentahydrate

Abstract
Storage of the available solar energy at its maximum is a big challenge for any storage system. This challenge can be overcome with the introduction of a latent heat thermal energy storage system as it is compact and possesses high storage density. The main goal of this paper is to experimentally investigate the performance of a prototype thermal storage unit with encapsulated phase change material in a cylindrical geometry, in order to provide an analysis for its potential use in residential solar domestic heating. The analysis provided looks at the performance of the system with a particular mass flow rate of 0.01 kg/s. The performance of the system while charging and discharging are analyzed here. Energy and Exergy analysis of the system are done for the performance analysis. Index terms— Latent Heat Thermal Storage System, Phase Change Material, Exergy Analysis.