Packed bed thermal energy storage: A simplified experimentally validated model

Journal of Energy Storage

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-23

  Anderson, Ryan ^a,d   Bates, Liana ^a   Johnson, Erick ^a,d   Morris, Jeffrey F ^b,c  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b City University of New York   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Packed beds; Sensible heat; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOFUELS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BIOT NUMBER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VARIABLE THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84941282063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2352152X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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