Second-law analysis of molten-salt thermal energy storage in thermoclines

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1621-1631

  Flueckiger, Scott M ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exergy; Molten salt; Solar thermal energy; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC OPERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION; EXTERNAL CONVECTION; FIRST LAW; GRANULE DIAMETER; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; MOLTEN SALT; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; RADIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SECOND-LAW; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; TANK HEIGHT; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL;

EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FUSED SALTS; GRANULATION; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIAMETER; DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALT; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 84859438134     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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