Enhancing thermal conductivity of palmitic acid based phase change materials with carbon nanotubes as fillers

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-344

  Wang, Jifen ^a,b   Xie, Huaqing ^a   Xin, Zhong ^b   Li, Yang ^a   Chen, Lifei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Nanocomposite; Palmitic acid; Phase change material; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACID MIXTURES; HOT-WIRE APPARATUS; HYDROXIDE RADICALS; LIQUID STATE; MASS FRACTION; MATRIX; MECHANOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ORGANIC MATRIX; PALMITIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE;

BALL MILLING; BUOYANCY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FATTY ACID; MASS BALANCE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 73749085356     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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