Experimental study of the cooling process of partially-melted sodium acetate trihydrate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 654-660

  Jin, Xing ^a   Zhang, Shuanglong ^a   Medina, Mario A ^b   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Partially melted; Phase change materials (PCMs); Phase transition; Sodium acetate trihydrate

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

COOLING PROCESS; DEGREE OF SUPERCOOLING; HEATING TEMPERATURES; ORIGINAL STATE; PARTIALLY-MELTED; SODIUM ACETATE TRIHYDRATE; TRANSITION PROCESS;

SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 84898642403     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.059     Document Type: Article

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