Analysis of stratified thermal storage systems: An overview

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1017-1030

  Njoku, H O ^a   Ekechukwu, O V ^b   Onyegegbu, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b National Universities Commission   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; EXERGY; HEAT STORAGE;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; ENERGY AND EXERGY; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION NUMBERS; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84903301944     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-014-1302-8     Document Type: Review

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