Polyethylene/paraffin binary composites for phase change material energy storage in building: A morphology, thermal properties, and paraffin leakage study

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-85

  Chen, Fang ^a   Wolcott, Michael ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leakage; Paraffin; Phase change materials; Thermal energy storage; Thermal transition

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRACTION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PARAFFINS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENERGY;

ACCELERATED DEGRADATION TESTS; CO-CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE; CO-ROTATING TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); LATENT HEAT STORAGE UNITS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LDPE); POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84922688289     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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