Experimentation with a water tank including a PCM module

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1273-1282

  Cabeza, Luisa F ^a   Ibáñez, Manuel ^a   Solé, Cristian ^a   Roca, Joan ^a   Nogués, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phase change material (PCM); Solar energy; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES);

WATER TANKS;

EID: 33644971838     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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