A comparison of heat transfer enhancement in medium temperature thermal energy storage heat exchanger using fins and multitubes

ISES Solar World Congress 2007, ISES 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2726-2730

  Agyenim, Francis ^a   Eames, Philip ^b   Smyth, Mervyn ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING PERFORMANCE; DISCHARGING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE AREA; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

ABSORPTION COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84870250643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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