Thermal enhancement of charge and discharge cycles for adsorbed natural gas storage

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1630-1639

  Rahman, Kazi Afzalur ^a   Loh, Wai Soong ^a   Chakraborty, Anutosh ^b   Saha, Bidyut Baran ^c   Chun, Won Gee ^d   Ng, Kim Choon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorbed natural gas storage; Heat exchanger; Thermal enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED NATURAL GAS; ADSORBED NATURAL GAS STORAGE; CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; CHARGED CYLINDERS; COMPRESSED METHANE; DESORPTION PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; GAS-STORAGE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES; PRESSURIZED CYLINDER; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; TUBE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DESORPTION; GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; METHANE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 79954435636     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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