Development of a structured thermocline thermal energy storage system

World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conferen

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 279-286

  Brown, Brad M ^a   Strasser, Matt N ^a   Selvam, R Paneer ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC RUPTURE; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; DISCHARGE CYCLES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FILLER MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; MATERIAL COST; MODELING RESULTS; RETRIEVAL EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM COSTS; THERMAL CYCLE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL RATCHETING; TWO-TANK SYSTEMS;

AGGREGATES; COSTS; FILLERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; OPTIMIZATION; PACKED BEDS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL EXPANSION;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 84871596530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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