Enhancement of latent heat energy storage using embedded heat pipes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 3476-3484

  Robak, Christopher W ^a   Bergman, Theodore L ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Heat pipes; Melting and solidification

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED HEAT PIPES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; LATENT HEAT ENERGY STORAGE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION; MELTING RATES; PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLYWHEELS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MELTING; SOLIDIFICATION;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 79956208113     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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