Phase change characteristic study of spherical PCMs in solar energy storage

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1245-1252

  Veerappan, M ^a   Kalaiselvam, S ^a   Iniyan, S ^a   Goic, Ranko ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Melting; Phase change material; Solidification; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CAPRIC ACID; CUMULATIVE ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HEAT STORAGE MATERIALS; LAURIC ACID; MASS FRACTION; N-EICOSANE; N-HEXADECANE; N-OCTADECANE; PHASE CHANGE; SOLIDIFICATION AND MELTING;

ACIDS; BUOYANCY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MELTING; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLIDIFICATION; SPHERES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALKANE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; HEAT FLUX; MELTING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLIDIFICATION; STORAGE;

EID: 67649450089     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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