Development of a molten-salt thermocline thermal storage system for parabolic trough plants

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-159

  Pacheco, James E ^a   Showalter, Steven K ^a   Kolb, William J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONECTIVE MIXING; MOLTEN SALT; TEMPERATURE POTENTIALS; THERMAL STORAGE;

MOLTEN MATERIALS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 0346088398     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1464123     Document Type: Article

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