A general model for analyzing the thermal characteristics of a class of latent heat thermal energy storage systems

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-193

  Yanbing, Kang ^a   Yinping, Zhang ^a   Yi, Jiang ^a   Yingxin, Zhu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEAT TRANSFER FLUID (HTF); LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (LHTES) SYSTEMS;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 0033223924     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888165     Document Type: Article

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