A thermo-mechanical model of packed-bed storage and experimental validation

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 1120-1125

  Dreißigacker, Volker ^a   Zunft, Stefan ^a   Müller Steinhagen, Hans ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat storage; Packed bed; Thermo mechanical model; Validating experiments

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; REGENERATORS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; POWER PLANT APPLICATIONS; POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGY; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; VALIDATING EXPERIMENTS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POWER PLANT;

EID: 84883050316     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.067     Document Type: Article

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