A review of phase change materials for vehicle component thermal buffering

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1525-1561

  Jankowski, Nicholas R ^a,b   McCluskey, F Patrick ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Phase change material; Review; Thermal buffering; Thermal management; Vehicle systems

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; REVIEWS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VEHICLES;

HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL BUFFERING; THERMAL LOAD LEVELING; VEHICLE SYSTEM;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84885366297     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.026     Document Type: Review

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