Fabrication and characterization of microencapsulated phase change material with low supercooling for thermal energy storage

Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 160-166

  Tang, Xiaofen ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xingxiang ^a   Shi, Haifeng ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Low supercooling; Microcapsule; Phase change material

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY STORAGE; ENTHALPY; FABRICATION; HEAT STORAGE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; POLYACRYLATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; PHASE CHANGE ENTHALPY;

SUPERCOOLING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTHALPY; HETEROGENEITY; NUCLEATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 84898051189     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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