Thermal conductivity enhancement of form-stable phase-change composites by milling of expanded graphite, micro-capsules and polyethylene

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 506-509

  Wang, Xianglei ^a,b   Guo, Quangui ^a   Wang, Junzhong ^a   Zhong, Yajuan ^c   Wang, Liyong ^a,b   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; Microencapsulated phase change material; Thermal conductivity; Wet milling

Indexed keywords

EXPANDED GRAPHITE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); LATENT HEAT STORAGE MATERIALS; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES (SEM); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; WET MILLING;

DISPERSIONS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MILLING (MACHINING); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPOSITE; ENCAPSULATION; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; MILLING; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84879512592     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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