Thermal property measurement and heat storage analysis of LiNO3/KCl - expanded graphite composite phase change material

Applied Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 265-271

  Huang, Zhaowen ^a   Gao, Xuenong ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Fang, Yutang ^a   Zhang, Zhengguo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eutectic salt; Phase change material; Thermal conductivity; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EUTECTICS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT; EUTECTIC SALT; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGES; PHASE CHANGE LATENT HEAT; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

CALORIMETRY; COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITHIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84888393813     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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