Experimental study of thermal energy storage characteristics of a paraffin in a horizontal tube-in-shell storage unit

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-277

  Avci, Mete ^a   Yazici, M Yusuf ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Experimental; Melting; Paraffin; PCM; Solidification; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INLET TEMPERATURE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); TEMPORAL VARIATION; THE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER (DSC); THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL ENERGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PARAFFINS;

EID: 84878349932     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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