Study on performance of a packed bed latent heat thermal energy storage unit integrated with solar water heating system

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1422-1430

  Nallusamy, N ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Velraj, R ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Charging; Discharging; Heat transfer fluid (HTF); Latent heat; Packed bed; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

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

CHARGING; DISCHARGING; HEAT TRANSFER FLUID; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 33748704328     PISSN: 10093095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2006.A1422     Document Type: Article

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