Exergy analysis of latent heat thermal energy storage for solar power generation accounting for constraints imposed by long-term operation and the solar day

Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-484

  Shabgard, Hamidreza ^a   Bergman, Theodore L ^b   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Exergy analysis; Latent heat storage; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL ENERGY;

COMBINED HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER DESIGNS; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE;

HEAT STORAGE;

EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884592337     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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