Heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage system by using an external radial finned tube

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Zhang, Yuwen ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Finned tube; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

TEMPERATURE TRANSFORMING MODEL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 0029756892     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v3.i2.50     Document Type: Article

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