Thermal performance analysis for a heat receiver using multiple phase change materials

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2353-2361

  Cui, Haiting ^a,b   Yuan, Xiugan ^a   Hou, Xinbin ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Multiple PCM; Solar dynamic power; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

HEAT ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT RECEIVERS;

THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 0141998666     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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