Sensible Heat Storage

Reference data and engineering information about sensible heat storage for thermodynamics applications.

sensibleheatstorage

Overview

Engineering reference data for Sensible Heat Storage in thermodynamics.

Key Formulas

First Law

$\Delta U = Q - W$

Energy is conserved — heat added minus work done.

Ideal Gas Law

$PV = nRT$

Relates pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas.

Heat Transfer

$Q = mc\Delta T$

Sensible heat transfer.

Carnot Efficiency

$\eta = 1 - T_C/T_H$

Maximum efficiency between two temperatures.

Variables

Symbol	Description	Unit
$U$	Internal energy	J
$Q$	Heat	J
$W$	Work	J
$P$	Pressure	Pa
$V$	Volume	m³
$T$	Temperature	K

Data Table

15 rows

Material / Temperature Range (oC) / Density - ρ - (kg/m3) / Specific Heat - cp - (J/kgoC) / Energy Density (kJ/m3 oC) data
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Aluminum
Brick
Cast Iron
Concrete
Fireclay
50
Dowtherm A
Draw salt - 50% NaNO3 - 50% KNO3) (by weight)
Granite
Liquid Sodium
Molten Salt - 50% KNO3 - 40% NaNO2 - 7% NaNO3 (by weight)
Oak
Pine
Taconite
Therminol 66

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References

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