Latent solar thermal storage systems, packed beds with spherical phase change capsules of different physiochemical properties

ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability Collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ES 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aldoss, Taha ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Latent thermal storage system; Packed bed with varying properties; Spherical pcm capsulation

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE PROFILE; CAPSULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR THERMAL STORAGES; STORAGE CHARACTERISTIC; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM;

FUEL CELLS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SPHERES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84893004523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2013-18142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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