Numerical simulation study on optimizing charging process of the direct contact mobilized thermal energy storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1416-1423

  Guo, Shaopeng ^a,b   Li, Hailong ^b   Zhao, Jun ^a   Li, Xun ^a   Yan, Jinyue ^b,c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Melting; Mobilized thermal energy storage (M TES); Numerical simulation; Phase change materials (PCMs)

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; WASTE HEAT;

CHARGING PERFORMANCE; CHARGING PROCESS; CRITICAL ISSUES; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MECHANISM OF MELTING; MOBILIZED THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (M-TES); NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; MOBILIZATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84884206150     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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