Sesilia Iileka; Frans Asser; Likius Shipwiisho Daniel; Pineas Tomas; Adedamola Babajide Shobo; Alina Uusiku ยท 10.2139/ssrn.6136574 https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6136574
SSRN Electronic Journal
Experimental
Thermal storage / PCM
2026
SSRN Electronic Journal
no
2026-01-01 12:00:00 00001945
thermal performance of namib desert dune sand as a sensible heat storage material in a laboratory-scale solar chimney
2026
SSRN Electronic Journal
Sesilia Iileka; Frans Asser; Likius Shipwiisho Daniel; Pineas Tomas; Adedamola Babajide Shobo; Alina Uusiku
10.2139/ssrn.6136574
Summary
Looks at how dune sand collected in Namibia's desert behaves when used to store heat in a small solar chimney set up and tested in the lab.
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