Improvement of thermal characteristics of latent heat thermal energy storage units using carbon-fiber brushes: Experiments and modeling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4513-4525

  Fukai, Jun ^a   Hamada, Yuichi ^a   Morozumi, Yoshio ^a   Miyatake, Osamu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Heat exchanger; Thermal conductivity enhancement; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

THERMAL ENERGY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CARBON BRUSH; EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; MODELING; STORAGE;

EID: 0042830426     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00290-4     Document Type: Article

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