Thermal conductivity enhancement in a latent heat storage system

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 839-845

  Mettawee, Eman Bellah S ^a   Assassa, Ghazy M R ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Composite material; Latent heat; Solar energy; Storage; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ALUMINUM POWDER; PARAFFIN WAX;

HEAT STORAGE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPOSITE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 34250693177     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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