...Lokesh Kalapala; Jaya Krishna Devanuri One of the challenges in the design and development of a latent heat storage unit (LHSU) is to increase the charging and discharging rates which are inherently low because of low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCM). Out of various heat...

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...Wolf-Dieter Steinmann; Doerte Laing; Rainer Tamme Solar thermal systems using absorber evaporating steam directly require isothermal energy storage. The application of latent heat storage systems is an option to fulfill this demand. This concept has been demonstrated mainly for low temperature...

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... (inducing large amount of material), nonisothermal character, and low thermal conductivities (inducing low charge and discharge powers). latent heat storage phase change materials graphite solar thermal electric plant graphite solar power stations solidification thermal conductivity...

...-effective storage systems demands the compensation of the low thermal heat conductivity that is characteristic for the candidate materials for PCM. Solar steam generation for power plants requires latent heat storage systems for a saturation temperature range between 200 ° C and 320 ° C . This paper...