Form-stable phase change materials based on eutectic mixture of tetradecanol and fatty acids for building energy storage: Preparation and performance analysis

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4758-4775

  Huang, Jingyu ^a   Lu, Shilei ^a   Kong, Xiangfei ^a   Liu, Shangbao ^a   Li, Yiran ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building energy storage; Eutectic mixtures; EVA; Form stable PCM; HDPE; Tetradecanol

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; EVA; FORM-STABLE PCM; TETRADECANOL;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; EUTECTICS; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MIXTURES; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84888807137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6104758     Document Type: Article

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