Thermal analysis of a direct-gain room with shape-stabilized PCM plates

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1228-1236

  Zhou, Guobing ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Lin, Kunping ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Passive solar house; Shape stabilized PCM; Simulation; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING POINT; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSE; SHAPE-STABILIZED PCM; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING POINT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

ENERGY; ENTHALPY; SHAPE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 39349102924     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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