Finite element analysis of a multistage latent heat thermal storage system

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 669-684

  Gong, Zhen Xiang ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LATENT HEAT THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCMS); THERMAL STORAGE EXCHANGERS; THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 0030289252     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789608913864     Document Type: Article

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