Design of a modular latent heat storage system for solar thermal power plants

ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2011

Volumn , Issue PARTS A, B, AND C, 2011, Pages 679-685

  Campbell, Mark R ^a   Newmarker, Marc ^a   Lewis, Nathaniel ^a   George, Christopher T ^a   Cohen, Gilbert ^b  

^a Acciona Solar Power   (United States)

^b Eliasol Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES; INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THEORETICAL HEAT TRANSFERS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS;

HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MACHINE DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84881162670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2011-54426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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