A work procedure of utilising PCMs as thermal storage systems based on air-TES systems

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 608-627

  Iten, M ^a   Liu, S ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Heat transfer enhancement; Latent heat storage; Phase change materials; Research methodologies

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HEAT EXCHANGER DEVELOPMENT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; MODELLING SOFTWARES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 84887263575     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.10.012     Document Type: Review

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