Experimental determination of the heat transfer and cold storage characteristics of a microencapsulated phase change material in a horizontal tank

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 275-285

  Allouche, Yosr ^a,b   Varga, Szabolcs ^b   Bouden, Chiheb ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Effectiveness; Latent heat storage; Microencapsulated phase change materials; Sensible heat storage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COLD STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MICROENCAPSULATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SLURRIES; SPECIFIC HEAT; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EFFECTIVENESS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGES; SHEAR-THICKENING BEHAVIOR; STORAGE CHARACTERISTIC; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84922804571     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.01.064     Document Type: Article

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