Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants
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...[34] the shell side is loaded with different PCMs and synthetic oil is allowed to flow through the inner tube, all PCMs being arranged in the flow direction (axial direction) in contact with the HTF....
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...Inorganic substances/compounds for potential use as PCM [34,36,41,42]....
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...No material yet studied has all the optimum characteristics required for a PCM, and the selection of a PCM for a given application requires careful consideration of the properties of the various substances and/or mixtures [34,41]....
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...In order to increase the thermal conductivity of PCMs, several heat transfer enhancement techniques have been studied [14,27,34], such as the use of metal carrier structures made of steel or stainless steel; a dispersion of high conductivity material i....
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...The categories for material composition are mainly threefold, being organic, inorganic and eutectic compounds [34], as illustrated in Fig....
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