Numerical study on thermal energy storage performance of phase change material under non-steady-state inlet boundary

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4172-4179

  Tao, Y B ^a   He, Y L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enthalpy method; Non steady state boundary; Phase change thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; FLOW RATE; FLYWHEELS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUN; THERMAL ENERGY; WAKES;

ENTHALPY METHOD; INLET BOUNDARY; INLET CONDITIONS; INLET TEMPERATURE; MASS FLOW RATE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MELTING TIME; NON-STEADY-STATE BOUNDARY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE PROCESS; SHELL-AND-TUBE; SIMULATION CODE; SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITY; TES CAPACITY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

INLET FLOW;

ENTHALPY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79959851368     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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