Thermo-physical characterization of some paraffins used as phase change materials for thermal energy storage

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 557-566

  Anghel, E M ^a   Georgiev, A ^b   Petrescu, S ^a   Popov, R ^b   Constantinescu, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Composite; DSC; Latent heat storage; Paraffin; Phase change material; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MELTING; PARAFFINS; PILOT PLANTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONSTANT PRESSURES; DSC; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MELTING LATENT HEATS; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURES; PHASE-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; THREE PHASE CHANGES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84904510255     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-014-3775-6     Document Type: Article

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