The capric-lauric acid and pentadecane combination as phase change material for cooling applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-377

  Dimaano, Maria Natalia R ^a   Watanabe, Takayuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capric lauric (C L) acid; Low temperature; Pentadecane; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MELTING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 0036489151     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(01)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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