A new thermocline-PCM thermal storage concept for CSP plants. Numerical analysis and perspectives

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 790-799

  Galione, P A ^a,c   Perez Segarra C D ^a   Rodriguez I ^a   Lehmkuhl, O ^a,b   Rigola, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Termofluids SL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

CSP; Numerical simulation; PCM; Thermal energy storage (TES); Thermocline

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL ENERGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FILLER MATERIALS; MULTI-LAYERED; NUMERICAL METHODOLOGIES; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL STORAGE; TOTAL ENERGY; VIRTUAL TESTS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 84902285554     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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