Design of packed bed thermal energy storage systems for high-temperature industrial process heat

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 812-822

  Zanganeh, G ^a   Pedretti, A ^b   Haselbacher, A ^a   Steinfeld, A ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Airlight Energy Manufacturing SA   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power; Cyclic operation; High temperature thermal energy storage; Industrial scale design; Packed bed; Thermocline storage

Indexed keywords

AIR; DESIGN; DROPS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; SOLAR ENERGY; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL INSULATION;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CYCLIC OPERATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS HEAT; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMOCLINE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGES; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

DISCHARGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL POWER; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 84912060820     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.110     Document Type: Article

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