Review on storage materials and thermal performance enhancement techniques for high temperature phase change thermal storage systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2118-2132

  Liu, Ming ^a   Saman, Wasim ^a   Bruno, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer rate; High temperature thermal energy storage; Latent heat thermal energy storage; Phase change materials; Thermal performance enhancement

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MELTING POINT; MIXED CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84858251273     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.020     Document Type: Review

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