Solar domestic hot water systems using latent heat energy storage medium: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 517-533

  Seddegh, Saeid ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Henderson, Alan D ^a   Xing, Ziwen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Latent heat storage; Melting; Phase change material; Solar domestic hot water; Solidification

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LATENT HEAT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WATER;

LATENT HEAT ENERGY STORAGE; LATENT HEAT STORAGE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL STORAGES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS; SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATERS; STORAGE MEDIUM; STORAGE VESSEL;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84978944874     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.147     Document Type: Review

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