Phase change material thermal storage for biofuel preheating in micro trigeneration application: A numerical study

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 832-844

  Wu, Dawei ^a   Chen, Junlong ^a   Roskilly, Anthony P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuel preheating; Phase change material; Straight plant oils; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUEL OILS; HEAT STORAGE; OIL SHALE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PREHEATING; RURAL AREAS; VEGETABLE OILS;

ENGINE DETERIORATION; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION; PLANT OIL; PREHEATING TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; THERMAL STORAGE;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BIOFUEL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY CROP; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 84912062772     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.087     Document Type: Article

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