Fluidized bed technology for concentrating solar power with thermal energy storage

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ma, Zhiwen ^a   Glatzmaier, Greg ^a   Mehos, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrating solar power; fluidized bed; solid particle; thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT STORAGE; THERMAL ENERGY;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; FLUIDIZED BED TECHNOLOGY; GAS/SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOWS; GENERALIZED MODELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SOLID PARTICLES; THERMAL SYSTEM DESIGN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84899854583     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027262     Document Type: Article

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