Review of molten-salt thermocline tank modeling for solar thermal energy storage

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 787-800

  Flueckiger, Scott M ^a   Yang, Zhen ^b   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DISCHARGE EFFICIENCY; DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; HEAT-EXCHANGE; HIGH THERMAL; KEY ISSUES; MOLTEN SALT; NON-ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLAR RECEIVER; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; TANK DESIGN; TANK HEIGHT; TANK WALLS; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION LAYER; THERMAL RATCHETING;

FLOW RATE; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; STREAM FLOW;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 84873653395     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2012.746152     Document Type: Review

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