Enhance the thermal storage of cement-based composites with phase change materials and carbon nanotubes

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Han, Baoguo ^a,b   Zhang, Kun ^a,b   Yu, Xun ^a  

^a Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cement mortars; CNT; mechanical and thermal properties; PCM

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MODEL; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENT-BASED; CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES; CNT; HEAT INSULATION PROPERTY; IN-BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SCALE-DOWN; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL STORAGE;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON NANOTUBES; CEMENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; MORTAR; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84873395631     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023181     Document Type: Article

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