Discharging simulations of a thermal energy storage (TES) system for an indirect solar cooker

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1100-1106

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

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b McPherso Academic Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discharging; Indirect solar cooker; Oil pebble bed; Simulation; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CONSTANT FLOW; CONSTANT LOADS; COOKING PROCESS; COOKING TEMPERATURES; DISCHARGING; DISCHARGING PROCESS; HEAT UTILIZATION; INITIAL RATE; INLET TEMPERATURE; LOAD POWER; MASS DIFFUSION; MIXING EFFECTS; SOLAR COOKERS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; INLET FLOW; NANOSENSORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMAL ENERGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77950862250     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.02.032     Document Type: Article

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