CFD analysis of the cool down behaviour of molten salt thermal storage systems

2008 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 515-524

  Schulte Fischedick, Jan ^a,b   Tamme, Rainer ^a   Herrmann, Ulf ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b SCHOTT Solarthermie GmbH   (Germany)

^c Flagsol GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PLATE; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS; DETAILED DESIGN; LOCAL SOLIDIFICATION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOLTEN SALT; MOLTEN SALT THERMAL STORAGE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SIDE WALLS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; STORAGE SYSTEMS; STORAGE TANK;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; NANOSENSORS; SOLIDIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 70349913873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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