Performance of a packed bed solar energy storage system having large sized elements with low void fraction

Solar Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-34

  Singh, Harmeet ^a   Saini, R P ^b   Saini, J S ^c  

^a GND Engineering College Ludhiana   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Packed bed; Sphericity; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SHAPES; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION FACTORS; MINIMUM VALUE; SPHERICAL ELEMENTS; SPHERICITY; STORAGE ELEMENTS; STORAGE UNITS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; NUSSELT NUMBER; PACKED BEDS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPHERES;

VOID FRACTION;

BIOREACTOR; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS; VOID;

EID: 84868676859     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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