Experimental study on charging and discharging periods of water in a latent heat storage unit

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2205-2219

  Ezan, Mehmet Akif ^a   Ozdogan, Muhammet ^a   Erek, Aytunç ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Latent heat; Melting; Phase change; Solidification; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CONTROL VOLUMES; DURING PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; INLET TEMPERATURE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PHASE CHANGE; SHELL-AND-TUBE; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION AND MELTING; STORAGE CAPABILITY; TEMPERATURE DATA;

FLOW RATE; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; INLET FLOW; LATENT HEAT; MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLIDIFICATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 80051914223     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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