Using a paraffin wax-aluminum compound as a thermal storage material in a solar air heater

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Mahmud, Alkilani ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Alghoul, M A ^a   Sohif, Mat ^a   Graisa, Abdualbasit M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Discharge process; Freezing time; Mass flow rate; Phase change material; Solar heating system

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650020359     PISSN: 1816949X     EISSN: 18187803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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