Experimental analysis of the effectiveness of a high temperature thermal storage tank for solar cooling applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 521-527

  Gil, Antoni ^a   Oró, Eduard ^a   Castell, Albert ^a   Cabeza, Luisa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; High temperature; Phase change materials; Solar cooling applications; TES systems; Thermal energy storage tank with fins

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR COOLING; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TANKS;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; CURVE FITTING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PILOT PLANTS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84875705780     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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