An experimental study of freezing and melting of water inside spherical capsules used in thermal energy storage systems

Ain Shams Engineering Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-48

  Elghnam, Reda I ^a   Abdelaziz, Ramdan A ^a   Sakr, Mohamed H ^a   Abdelrhman, Hany E ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Freezing and melting; Spherical capsules; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FREEZING; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; SPHERES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY;

CAPSULE SIZE; CHARGING/DISCHARGING; ENERGY RECOVERY; MASS FRACTION; SPHERICAL CAPSULE; STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84858076794     PISSN: 20904479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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