Sensitivity analysis of the numerical study on the thermal performance of a packed-bed molten salt thermocline thermal storage system

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-75

  Xu, Chao ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a   He, Yaling ^b   Li, Xin ^a   Bai, Fengwu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Molten salt; Numerical model; Packed bed; Thermal energy storage; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILLERS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL ENERGY;

DEVELOPED MODEL; DISCHARGING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; INSULATION LAYERS; MODEL VALIDATION; MOLTEN SALT; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; THERMOCLINE; TWO-PHASE MODEL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SALT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 82155195532     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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