Heat transfer in thermocline storage system with filler materials: Analytical model

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 725-734

  Karaki, Wafaa ^a   Van Lew, Jon T ^a   Li, Peiwen ^a   Chan, Cho Lik ^a   Stephens, Jake ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b US Solar   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DELIVERABILITY; DISCHARGING PROCESS; DISPATCHABILITY; ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY; FILLER MATERIALS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARABOLIC TROUGH; STORAGE FACILITIES; STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL STORAGE;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 84860292807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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