A direct comparison of three different material enhancement methods on the transient thermal response of paraffin phase change material exposed to high heat fluxes

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1639-1647

  Chintakrinda, Kireeti ^a   Weinstein, Randy D ^a   Fleischer, Amy S ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics cooling; Energy storage; Foams; Melting; Nanofibers; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; BASE TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONVECTION CURRENTS; ELECTRONICS COOLING; FLUX CONDITIONS; GRAPHITE FOAM; GRAPHITE NANO FIBERS; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HIGH-POWER; LIQUID PHASE; LOW POWER; MATERIAL ENHANCEMENTS; MELT REGIONS; PARAFFIN PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; PHASE CHANGE; POWER LOADING; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION; STORAGE CAPABILITY; SUPERHEATED LIQUIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESPONSE; TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRONIC COOLING; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; GRAPHITE; HEAT FLUX; LIQUIDS; NANOFIBERS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 79959343143     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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