Effects of parameters on performance of high temperature molten salt latent heat storage unit

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-55

  Tao, Yu Bing ^a   Li, Ming Jia ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Latent heat storage; Molten salt; Performance analysis; Variable conditions

Indexed keywords

FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; INLET FLOW; LATENT HEAT; LIQUIDS; MELTING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INLET TEMPERATURE; LATENT HEAT STORAGE UNITS; MOLTEN SALT; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84927805256     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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