Latent thermal energy storage system using phase change material in corrugated enclosures

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1008-1014

  Languri, Ehsan Mohseni ^a   Aigbotsua, Clifford O ^b   Alvarado, Jorge L ^b  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; High aspect ratio; Natural convection; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage; Transient thermal response

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY EFFECT; FLOW DIRECTION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; OCTADECANE; STEFAN NUMBERS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESPONSE; TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POWER QUALITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL ENERGY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84866525111     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.07.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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