Improved thermal properties of paraffin wax by the addition of TiO2 nanoparticles

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1541-1547

  Wang, Jifen ^a,b   Xie, Huaqing ^a   Guo, Zhixiong ^b   Guan, Lihui ^a   Li, Yang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Heat transfer enhancement; Latent heat; Nanoparticles; Phase change composites; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAFFINS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LOADING LEVEL; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE AND LATENT HEATS; SHORT HOT WIRE;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84915735724     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.05.078     Document Type: Article

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