Experimental and numerical investigation of solid particles thermal energy storage unit

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 513-518

  Benmansour, A ^a   Hamdan, M A ^b   Bengeuddach, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Latent heat; Packed bed; Phase change material

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENCAPSULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PACKED BEDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLUID ENERGY; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM);

ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 28244447009     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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