Preparation and characterization of lauric-myristic-palmitic acid ternary eutectic mixtures/expanded graphite composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-219

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Yuan, Yanping ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Cao, Xiaoling ^a   Yang, Xiaojiao ^a   Hu, Shuchun ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite phase change material; Expanded graphite; Fatty acids; Ternary eutectic mixture; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE AND LATENT HEATS; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; TERNARY EUTECTICS; THERMAL CYCLING TEST; THERMAL RELIABILITY;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EUTECTICS; FATTY ACIDS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MELTING POINT; MIXTURES; PALMITIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84881236752     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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