A review on packed bed solar energy storage systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1059-1069

  Singh, Harmeet ^a   Saini, R P ^a   Saini, J S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Packed beds; Sensible heat storage; Sphericity; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

FLOW PHENOMENA; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PACKING MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR AIR HEATER; SPHERICITY; STORAGE ELEMENTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); VOID FRACTION;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 74449085342     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.10.022     Document Type: Review

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