Thermal and mechanical characterization of injection moulded high density polyethylene/paraffin wax blends as phase change materials

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-145

  Sotomayor, M E ^a   Krupa, I ^b   Varez A ^a   Levenfeld, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Mechanical properties; Phase change material; Polyethylene wax blends; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION AT BREAK; INJECTION MOULDED; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PLASTICIZATION EFFECTS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING POINT; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; CHARACTERIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MELTING; MOLDING; PARAFFINS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ETHYLENE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAX; MELTING; PLASTICITY;

EID: 84897650583     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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