Numerical simulation of heat pipe-assisted latent heat thermal energy storage unit for dish-stirling systems

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 6 B, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shabgard, Hamidreza ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a   Bergman, Theodore L ^b   Andraka, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXERGY; HEAT PIPES; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR; DISH-STIRLING SYSTEM; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

HEATING;

EID: 84903475687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2013-65487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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