Thermal insulation for a pipe using phase change material

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 32-40

  Alawadhi, Esam M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT LOSSES; PIPE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FLOW STRUCTURE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 23944449569     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630591003745     Document Type: Article

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