Performance enhancement of a latent heat thermal energy storage system using curved-slab containers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-153

  Koizumi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Jin, Yunhai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Close contact melting; Curved slab container; Performance enhancement; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal energy storage (TES) system

Indexed keywords

CONTACT MELTING; ENTHALPY-POROSITY; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; HIGH CAPACITY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; MELTING PROCESS; MELTING SIMULATIONS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SIMULATED RESULTS; SOLID PHASE CHANGES; STORAGE CAPACITY; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES) SYSTEM;

CONTAINERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MELTING; METAL MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL ENERGY;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 84856395058     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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