Heat transfer and exergy analysis of cascaded latent heat storage with gravity-assisted heat pipes for concentrating solar power applications
- 31 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Solar Energy
- Vol. 86 (3), 816-830
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2011.12.008
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Funding Information
- US Department of Energy (DE-FG36-08GO18146)
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