Temperature-dependent thermal properties of a paraffin phase change material embedded with herringbone style graphite nanofibers

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 716-725

  Warzoha, Ronald J ^a   Weigand, Rebecca M ^a   Fleischer, Amy S ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Herringbone graphite nanofiber; Phase change material; Thermal boundary resistance; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; LIQUIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

BULK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; GRAPHITE NANO FIBERS; NANOPARTICLE INTERFACES; PARAFFIN PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

GRAPHITE; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84912125203     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.091     Document Type: Article

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