Modeling on heat storage performance of compressed air in a packed bed system

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Peng, Hao ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Ling, Xiang ^a   Dong, Huihua ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge efficiency; Compressed air; Packed bed; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

CHARGE EFFICIENCY; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGES (CAES); ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; HEAT STORAGE CAPACITY; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL PARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSED AIR; DIAMETER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 84942112588     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.029     Document Type: Article

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