Experimental study of under-floor electric heating system with shape-stabilized PCM plates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-220

  Lin, Kunping ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Xu, Xu ^a   Di, Hongfa ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Qin, Penghua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Shape stabilized PCM; Thermal energy heat storage; Under floor electric heating

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ENCAPSULATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYETHYLENES; POWER PLANTS; RADIANT HEATING;

SHAPE-STABILIZED PCM; THERMAL ENERGY HEAT STORAGE; THERMAL MASS; UNDER-FLOOR ELECTRIC HEATING;

ELECTRIC HEATING;

EID: 10044284333     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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