Modelization of a water tank including a PCM module

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1328-1333

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic hot water tank (DHW tank); Modelization; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

DOMESTIC HOT WATER TANK (DHW TANK); MODELIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES);

WATER TANKS;

EID: 33645026166     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.10.022     Document Type: Article

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