Investigation of a graphite/paraffin phase change composite

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-135

  Fethi, Albouchi ^a   Mohamed, Lachheb ^a   Mustapha, Karkri ^b   Ameurtarek, Ben ^c   Sassi, Ben Nasrallah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Experimental analysis; Graphite PCM composite; Latent heat thermal storage; Numerical simulation; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHITE; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL MODELS;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; LATENT HEAT THERMAL STORAGE; MASS FRACTION; THE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER (DSC); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; WHEATSTONE BRIDGES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84908394984     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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