Modeling phase change materials with conduction transfer functions for passive solar applications

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-68

  Barbour, Jason P ^a   Hittle, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction transfer functions; Modeling; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; PHASE CHANGE ENERGY; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT CONDUCTION; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 33645674903     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2000977     Document Type: Article

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