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Two applications of a numerical approach of heat transfer process within rock beds
J.Pascal Coutier,Erich A. Farber +1 more
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A general method for solving the differential equations describing the heat transfer process within a rock bed is presented in this article, where a numerical model accounting for secondary phenomena such as thermal losses and conduction effect is developed.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 1982-01-01. It has received 162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Heat transfer coefficient.read more
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Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants
TL;DR: In this article, a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants is presented.
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A review of available methods for seasonal storage of solar thermal energy in residential applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the principal methods available for seasonal storage of solar thermal energy are presented, focusing on residential scale systems, and particularly those currently used in practice which mostly store energy in the form of sensible heat.
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High-temperature thermal storage using a packed bed of rocks - Heat transfer analysis and experimental validation
TL;DR: In this article, high-temperature thermal storage in a packed bed of rocks is considered for air-based concentrated solar power plants, and the unsteady 1D two-phase energy conservation equations are formulated for combined convection and conduction heat transfer, and solved numerically for charging/discharging cycles.
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Packed-bed thermal storage for concentrated solar power: Pilot-scale demonstration and industrial-scale design
Giw Zanganeh,Andrea Pedretti,Simone Zavattoni,Maurizio Barbato,Aldo Steinfeld,Aldo Steinfeld +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a thermal energy storage system, consisting of a packed bed of rocks as storing material and air as high-temperature heat transfer fluid, is analyzed for concentrated solar power (CSP) applications.
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A review on packed bed solar energy storage systems
TL;DR: In this article, an extensive review on the research carried out on packed beds is presented, which includes the design of packed beds, materials used for storage, heat transfer enhancement, flow phenomenon and pressure drop through packed beds.
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Forced convection heat transfer correlations for flow in pipes, past flat plates, single cylinders, single spheres, and for flow in packed beds and tube bundles
TL;DR: In this paper, the Nusselt number for a wide range of packing materials and tube arrangements is given for randomly packed beds and compact (void fraction less than 0.65) staggered tube bundles.
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Heat transfer: A liquid flowing through a porous prism
TL;DR: The problem of finding the temperature distributions has been solved assuming the well-known laws governing the transfer of heat from a liquid in turbulent motion to a solid and the use of some interesting mathematical functions which are related to theWell-known Bessel Functions.
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Unsteady-State Heat Transfer between air and loose solids
G. O. G. Löf,R. W. Hawley +1 more
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Heat Transfer From a Gas Stream to a Bed of Broken Solids
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive program of research of the iron blast furnace which the Bureau of Mines is conducting in the laboratory and in the field is described. But the study of heat transfer is not discussed.