Application of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review to recent developments

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-307

  Xu, Ben ^a   Li, Peiwen ^a   Chan, Cholik ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar power (CSP); Latent heat; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SURVEYS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL POWER; ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGY; LATENT HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT THERMAL STORAGE; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SOLAR THERMAL POWER;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

COST ANALYSIS; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84942798043     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.016     Document Type: Review

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