Supercooling suppression of microencapsulated phase change materials by optimizing shell composition and structure

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1512-1518

  Cao, Fangyu ^a   Yang, Bao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat capacity; Melamine formaldehyde resin; Microcapsules; Phase change material; Supercooling suppression

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; RESINS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCOOLING;

HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PHASE TRANSITION PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

ENCAPSULATION;

ALKANE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSION; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY PLANNING; HEAT CAPACITY; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; RESIN; SUPERCOOLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884912409     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.048     Document Type: Article

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