Thermal conductivity improvement of phase change materials/graphite foam composites

Carbon

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-128

  Moeini Sedeh, Mahmoud ^a   Khodadadi, J M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GRAPHITE STRUCTURES; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SPHERICAL PORES;

FOAMS; GRAPHITE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84878590350     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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