Preparation and thermal properties of porous heterogeneous composite phase change materials based on molten salts/expanded graphite

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Zhong, Limin ^a   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a   Luan, Yi ^a   Wang, Ge ^a   Feng, Yanhui ^a   Feng, Daili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite; Molten salt; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; FUSED SALTS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; IMPREGNATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITES; IMPREGNATION METHODS; MOLTEN SALT; PHASE CHANGE PROPERTY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAPHITE; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SALT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84902975230     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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