Mawire, A.; McPherson, M.; van den Heetkamp, R.R.J.; … - In: Energy 35 (2010) 3, pp. 1256-1263
A small glass tube containing oil and glass pebbles is constructed to evaluate rapidly the volumetric heat transfer characteristics during charging. An electrical hot-plate in thermal contact with a steel spiral coil is used to charge the oil/pebble-bed storage under different average charging...