Thermal property measurement and heat transfer analysis of acetamide and acetamide/expanded graphite composite phase change material for solar heat storage

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2246-2254

  Xia, L ^a   Zhang, P ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetamide; Expanded graphite; Heat storage and retrieval; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE COMPOSITES; HEAT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE UNIT; MASS FRACTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; THERMAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT HOT-WIRE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLYWHEELS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYBRID MATERIALS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 79958171730     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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