Exfoliated graphite/paraffin nanocomposites as phase change materials for thermal energy storage application

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Huang, J ^a   Wang, T Y ^a   Wang, C H ^a   Rao, Z H ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Exfoliated graphite platelets; Paraffin; Phase change material; Thermal behaviour

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANTS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; HEAT DIFFUSIONS; HEATING AND COOLING RATES; INFRARED SPECTRAL; LASER FLASH TECHNIQUES; MASS FRACTION; NANO-FLUID; PHASE CHANGE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL RELIABILITY; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION; WATER BATHS;

BUOYANCY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; IRRADIATION; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84855411305     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: 1433075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1433075X11Y.0000000004     Document Type: Article

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