Experimental results and modeling of energy storage and recovery in a packed bed of alumina particles

Applied Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 521-529

  Anderson, Ryan ^a   Shiri, Samira ^a   Bindra, Hitesh ^a   Morris, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Packed bed heat transfer; Sensible heat storage; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ALPHA ALUMINA; ALUMINA PARTICLES; COMPRESSED GAS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXTERIOR WALLS; FLUID AND SOLIDS; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CONVECTION; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84893469955     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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