Experimental study of natural convection heat transfer in a microencapsulated phase change material slurry

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2688-2693

  Diaconu, Bogdan M ^a,b   Varga, Szabolcs ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Constantin Brancusi   (Romania)

Author keywords

Heat storage; Microencapsulated phase change material; Natural convection heat transfer; Slurry

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COLD STORAGE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SLURRIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

COILED TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; PCM (PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL); PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR AIR-CONDITIONING; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; SLURRY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 77953138607     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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