Dynamic simulation of integrated rock-bed thermocline storage for concentrated solar power

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 830-842

  Mertens, Nicolas ^a   Alobaid, Falah ^a   Frigge, Lorenz ^a   Epple, Bernd ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power; Dynamic simulation; Pressure loss; Rock bed thermal storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; ROCKS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DISCHARGE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE LOSS; SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANTS; TECHNICAL EVALUATION; THERMAL STORAGE;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

AIRFLOW; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUARTZITE; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 84910618813     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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