%0 Journal Article
%T Performance Characterization of Packed Bed Storage System
%A A.A. Adeyanju
%J Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
%D 2012
%I 
%X Modeling of packed-bed heat transfer can be a problem of immense complexity in some cases requiring the use of 3-D finite-element techniques to understand the dynamics of stratification and fluid-solid interaction during different modes of operation. The analytical solution to the packed bed heat transfer was identified in this study and a set of governing equations that economically and accurately characterize the dominant energy transfer mechanisms in a charging or discharging packed bed storage tank over long time periods that include multiple cycles were analyzed.
%U http://www.medwellonline.net/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2009.96.99