Preparation and properties of palmitic-stearic acid eutectic mixture/expanded graphite composite as phase change material for energy storage

Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 950-956

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Yuan, Yanping ^a   Du, Yanxia ^b   Cao, Xiaoling ^a   Yuan, Yaguang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AERODYNAMICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Composite phase change materials; Optimum absorption ratio; Palmitic stearic acid eutectic mixture; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY STORAGE; EUTECTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAPHITE; HEAT STORAGE; HYBRID MATERIALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MIXTURES; PALMITIC ACID; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION RATIO; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; DSC(DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY); EUTECTIC MIXTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS NETWORK STRUCTURES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FATTY ACID; GRAPHITE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PHASE TRANSITION; POROUS MEDIUM; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84920719928     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.10.092     Document Type: Article

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