Thermal performance of a combined packed bed-solar pond system - A numerical study

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1207-1223

  Al Juwayhel, F ^a   El Refaee, M M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Rock bed; Solar ponds; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

CONDUCTIVE ROCKS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR PONDS;

EID: 0032330910     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(97)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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