Thermal properties and thermal reliability of capric acid/stearic acid mixture for latent heat thermal energy storage

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Karapekl, A ^a   Sar, A ^a   Kaygusuz, K ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capric acid; Eutectic mixture; Latent heat thermal energy storage; Phase change material; Stearic acid; Thermal property; Thermal reliability

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BUOYANCY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EUTECTICS; FLYWHEELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HAFNIUM; HEAT STORAGE; HYBRID MATERIALS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LATENT HEAT; MIXTURES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STEARIC ACID; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

CAPRIC ACID; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL RELIABILITY;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 61549143117     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701522369     Document Type: Article

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