Implementation and Experimental Results of the New Thermo-Hydraulic CAPILI Pilot

Hamza Semmari (1) , Driss Stitou (2) , Sylvain Mauran (3)

1 École Nationale Polytechnique de Constantine
2 PROMES - Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire
3 UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

After modeling and evaluating performances of the new thermo-hydraulic process “CAPILI” in the previous work, we are proposing the implementation of the first CAPILI experimental pilot in order to check the real behavior of the new patented process for a specific residential application. The obtained experimental results are extremely useful and will be harnessed in future works for analytical development of hydraulic motor resistance. Then, the validation and the calibration of the simulation method, which has been used to evaluate CAPILI performance for OTEC application, are checked. So, the CAPILI pilot will be described first. Then, experimental results will be presented and discussed.

Keywords: thermo-hydraulic process; liquid piston; residential application

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]

Hamza Semmari, Driss Stitou, Sylvain Mauran. Implementation and Experimental Results of the New Thermo-Hydraulic CAPILI Pilot. International Journal of Electrical Energy, 2016, 4 (1), ⟨10.18178/ijoee.4.1.32-36⟩. ⟨hal-01313852⟩