Composite macrocapsule of phase change materials/expanded graphite for thermal energy storage

Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 607-614

  Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Rong ^b   Jiang, Nan ^b   Tang, Xiao fen ^a   Shi, Hai feng ^a   Zhang, Xing xiang ^a   Zhang, Yuankai ^a   Dong, Lin ^a   Zhang, Ningxin ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangyu Rescue Equipment Co   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite; Macrocapsule; Microcapsule; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STYRENE; THERMAL ENERGY;

CROSS-SECTION MICROGRAPHS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MACROCAPSULE; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; STYRENE-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CROSS SECTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAPHITE; HOMOGENEITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84880702760     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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