Heat conduction enhanced shape-stabilized paraffin/HDPE composite PCMs by graphite addition: Preparation and thermal properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1636-1642

  Cheng, Wen Long ^a   Zhang, Rong Ming ^a   Xie, Kun ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite; Graphite powder; HDPE; Paraffin; Shape stabilized phase change material; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PHASE; DIFFERENT MASS; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE POWDER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MASS FRACTION; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM; SHAPE STABILIZED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SHAPE-STABILIZED; THERMAL CONSTANT; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHITE; HEAT CONDUCTION; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77955430543     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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