Preparation and characterization of expanded perlite/paraffin composite as form-stable phase change material

Solar Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 460-466

  Lu, Zeyu ^a   Xu, Biwan ^a   Zhang, Jinrui ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a   Sun, Guoxing ^a   Li, Zongjin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Expanded perlite; Paraffin; Phase change materials; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT STORAGE; PARAFFINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; EXPANDED PERLITE; FORM-STABLE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; IMPREGNATION METHODS; LEAKAGE TESTS; POROUS NETWORKS; THERMAL RELIABILITY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBON; MELTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84907365462     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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