Influence of the experimental conditions on the subcooling of Glauber's salt when used as PCM

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-195

  Garcia Romero A ^a   Diarce, G ^a   Ibarretxe, J ^a   Urresti, A ^a   Sala, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Borax; Glauber's salt; Nucleation; Phase change material; Sodium sulfate; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS SODIUM SULFATE; BORAX; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COOLING RATES; EQUIVALENT THERMAL; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HOLDING TIME; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SMALL SAMPLES; SODIUM SULFATE DECAHYDRATE; SODIUM TETRABORATE; SUBCOOLINGS;

BORATE MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT STORAGE; NUCLEATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SODIUM SULFATE; THERMAL ENERGY;

ISOMERS;

EID: 84861079890     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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