Numerical and experimental investigation on a combined sensible and latent heat storage unit integrated with solar water heating system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0410021-0410028

  Nallusamy, N ^a   Velraj, R ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Latent heat; Packed bed; PCM; Porous medium modeling; Sensible heat storage; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOCATIONS; CHARGING PROCESS; CHARGING RATE; CUMULATIVE HEAT; CYLINDRICAL STORAGE TANK; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; FLUID INLET TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; MASS FRACTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM APPROACH; POROUS MEDIUM MODELING; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR FLAT PLATE; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; SPHERICAL CAPSULE; STORAGE TANK; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PACKED BEDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77955195391     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3197600     Document Type: Article

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