Experimental volumetric heat transfer characteristics between oil and glass pebbles in a small glass tube storage

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1256-1263

  Mawire, A ^a   McPherson, M ^b   van den Heetkamp, R R J ^a   Taole, S H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b McPherso Academic Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Charging; Heat transfer; Oil pebble bed; Thermal energy storage; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

FLYWHEELS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLASS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CHARGING; GLASS TUBES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; SPIRAL COILS; SUPERFICIAL MASS; THERMAL CONTACT; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PEBBLE; THERMAL POWER; VOLUME CHANGE;

HELICODISCUS BONAMICUS;

EID: 76049105823     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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