Material selection and testing for thermal energy storage in solar cooling

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-371

  Gil, Antoni ^a   Oró, Eduard ^a   Peiró, Gerard ^a   Álvarez, Servando ^b   Cabeza, Luisa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

D mannitol; High temperature storage; Hydroquinone; Phase change material (PCM); Solar cooling; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

D-MANNITOL; HIGH TEMPERATURE STORAGE; HYDROQUINONE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SOLAR COOLING;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHENOLS; PILOT PLANTS; THERMAL ENERGY;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMORPHISM; STORAGE TANK;

EID: 84874734193     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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