Wave propagation and thermodynamic losses in packed-bed thermal reservoirs for energy storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 648-657

  White, Alexander ^a   McTigue, Joshua ^a   Markides, Christos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Exergetic loss; Irreversible heat transfer; Thermal reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; EXERGETIC; IRREVERSIBLE HEAT; LOSS MINIMISATION; NONLINEAR WAVES; THERMAL RESERVOIR; THERMAL WAVE PROPAGATION; THERMODYNAMIC LOSS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT BALANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84904790318     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.071     Document Type: Article

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