Heat transfer enhancement of neopentyl glycol using compressed expanded natural graphite for thermal energy storage

Renewable Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-246

  Wang, Xianglei ^a,b   Guo, Quangui ^a   Zhong, Yajuan ^c   Wei, Xinghai ^a   Liu, Lang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite; Finite element simulation; Latent heat; Neopentyl glycol; Phase change

Indexed keywords

EXPANDED GRAPHITE; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MASS RATIO; MEASURED RESULTS; NATURAL GRAPHITE; NEOPENTYL GLYCOL; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS NETWORKS; THERMAL IMAGERS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

GLYCOLS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ALCOHOL; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; STORAGE STRUCTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84867746726     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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