PCM storage for solar DHW: An unfulfilled promise?

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 861-869

  Talmatsky, Ella ^a   Kribus, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Domestic hot water; Heat storage; Phase change materials; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; REUSABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARDS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER;

AUXILIARY HEATER; DOMESTIC HOT WATER; END USERS; END USES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; HEAT STORAGE TANKS; LOAD PROFILING; STORAGE TANKS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

PULSE CODE MODULATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STORAGE; WATER;

EID: 49149122299     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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