Methods to determine stratification efficiency of thermal energy storage processes - Review and theoretical comparison

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1847-1860

  Haller, Michel Y ^a   Cruickshank, Cynthia A ^b   Streicher, Wolfgang ^a   Harrison, Stephen J ^b   Andersen, Elsa ^c   Furbo, Simon ^c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Solar heating systems; Thermal energy storage; Thermal stratification; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY CHANGES; ENTROPY PRODUCTION; EXISTING METHOD; NUMERICAL VALUES; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL POINTS; THERMOCLINE;

ENTROPY; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEATING; NUMERICAL METHOD; STORAGE; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL POWER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 70049090188     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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