Cascaded latent heat storage for parabolic trough solar power plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 829-837

  Michels, Horst ^a   Pitz Paal, Robert ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascaded latent heat storage; Latent heat; Phase change material; Solar thermal electricity; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CASCADED LATENT HEAT STORAGE (CLHS); SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

HEAT STORAGE;

HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

BARSTOW; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248360304     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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