Extending the validity of lumped capacitance method for large Biot number in thermal storage application

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1709-1724

  Xu, Ben ^a   Li, Pei Wen ^a   Chan, Cho Lik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrected heat transfer coefficient; Large Biot numbers; Lumped capacitance method; Thermal energy storage; Validity extending

Indexed keywords

BIOT NUMBER; CAPACITANCE METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION; VALIDITY EXTENDING;

CAPACITANCE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PACKED BEDS; THERMAL ENERGY;

HEAT STORAGE;

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SOLID; STORAGE STRUCTURE; THERMAL POWER; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 84860561343     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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