An integrated thermal and mechanical investigation of molten-salt thermocline energy storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2098-2105

  Flueckiger, Scott ^a   Yang, Zhen ^b   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Molten salt thermocline; Solar thermal energy; Thermal energy storage; Thermal ratcheting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FILLERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLYWHEELS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT STORAGE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SOLAR HEATING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); STREAM FLOW; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE TANK; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CRITICAL PHENOMENON; CYCLIC OPERATION; ENERGY LOSS; EXCESSIVE ENERGY; EXTERNAL TANKS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOOP STRESS; MATERIAL YIELD; MOLTEN SALT; MOLTEN-SALT THERMOCLINE; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; STEEL SHELLS; TANK WALLS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL RATCHETING; TWO LAYERS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSULATION; SALT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 79951512615     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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