High temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: Phase change materials, design considerations and performance enhancement techniques

Bruno Cárdenas and Noel León

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 27, issue C, 724-737

Abstract: A very common problem in solar power generation plants and various other industrial processes is the existing gap between the period of thermal energy availability and its period of usage. This situation creates the need for an effective method by which excess heat can be stored for later use. Latent heat thermal energy storage is one of the most efficient ways of storing thermal energy through which the disparity between energy production or availability and consumption can be corrected, thus avoiding wastage and increasing the process efficiency.

Keywords: Thermal energy storage; Phase change materials; Latent heat storage; Solar energy storage; High temperature energy storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.07.028

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