Experimental evaluation of commercial heat exchangers for use as PCM thermal storage systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2047-2055

  Medrano, M ^a   Yilmaz, M O ^b   Nogues M ^a   Martorell, I ^a   Roca, Joan ^a   Cabeza, Luisa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Heat transfer enhancement; Latent heat storage; PCM

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE SHIFT; PULSE CODE MODULATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; DOUBLE-PIPE HEAT EXCHANGERS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LATENT HEAT THERMAL STORAGE; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE OF FUSIONS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 64649094771     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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