Latent heat storage systems for solar thermal power plants and process heat applications

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210031-0210035

  Steinmann, Wolf Dieter ^a   Laing, Doerte ^a   Tamme, Rainer ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Latent heat storage; PCM; Solar process heat; Solar thermal power plants

Indexed keywords

CHARGING/DISCHARGING; COST EFFECTIVE; ISOTHERMAL ENERGY; LABORATORY SCALE; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURE HEATING; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MELTING TEMPERATURES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER LEVELS; PROCESS HEAT; SOLAR PROCESS; SOLAR PROCESS HEAT; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; STORAGE UNITS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77955197632     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001405     Document Type: Article

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