Encapsulated phase change material for high temperature thermal energy storage - Heat transfer analysis

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 1135-1144

  Elmozughi, Ali F ^a   Solomon, Laura ^a   Oztekin, Alparslan ^a   Neti, Sudhakar ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven convection; Concentrating solar power; Encapsulated phase change material; Melting solidification; Void; Volumetric expansion

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOANALYSIS;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; VOID; VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84907340157     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.087     Document Type: Article

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