Review on nanomaterials for thermal energy storage technologies

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Asia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-71

  Al Kayiem, Hussain H ^a   Lin, Saw Chun ^a   Lukmon, Afolabi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanoadditives; Nanocomposites; Nanofluids; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; PCM; TES

Indexed keywords

BASE MATERIAL; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOADDITIVES; NANOFLUIDS; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT; TES; THERMAL CONVERSION;

DISPERSIONS; HEAT STORAGE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84885965496     PISSN: 22106812     EISSN: 22106820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/22113525113119990011     Document Type: Review

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